Mastodawn

"A major Channel 4 News investigation has revealed that the Environment Agency has not prosecuted a single water company for a serious pollution incident in the last five years."

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/promoted/end-the-profit-driven-sewage-pollution-scandal-1

#Water #WaterPollution #WaterCompanies #Environment #Sewage #pollution #profit #greed #capitalism #socialism

End the sewage pollution scandal

Surfers Against Sewage are about to meet with the government to discuss the sewage pollution scandal in UK waters. Sign the petition to show just how many of us demand change. Over 270,000 people have already signed - now let's get this to a number Starmer can't ignore.

38 Degrees

sheislaurence May 6

Excellent #investigativejournalism from #C4news on #watercompanies in the UK getting a "free out of jail card" for serious #environmental #crimes, by making a #charity payment called "enforcement undertaking (EU)". This is basically like an out-of-court settlement that victims can't avoid or negotiate, & in criminal matters, which is unheard of in UK/International #Law. A red flag for the #RiversTrust, who systematically ACCEPT this blood money & support the statusquo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwsXgS29psw

How water companies get away with polluting England’s rivers

YouTube

&2i Apr 21

Horrifyingly, the board of OfWat is divided over whether to accept the Thames Water offer to be let off regulation for over a decade and to avoid penalties for the pollution and mismanagement already carried out. How it could be anything but a unanimous rejection I don't know. I guess money talks. So we need to encourage them to make the right decision. Join me in writing to them:
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwats-board-is-split-urge-them-to-make-the-right-decision-about-thames-water
#WaterCompanies #UKpolitics #privatisation #PublicOwnership #Sewage

Take action - Get Ofwat's Board to reject the Thames Water creditors

We Own It

Andii Apr 21

Apparently the Ofwat board is split over whether to accept the Thames Water offer to be let off regulation, in effect, for donkey's years and to avoid penalty for the pollution and mismanagement already committed. It ought to be a thing that carries a unanimous rejection but ... well, money talks ... we need to encourage them to make the right decision. Join me in writing to them:
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwats-board-is-split-urge-them-to-make-the-right-decision-about-thames-water
#WaterCompanies #UKpolitics #privatisation #PublicOwnership #Sewage

Take action - Get Ofwat's Board to reject the Thames Water creditors

We Own It

Jules 🍺Apr 15

Government Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640
#SewageScandal #watercrisis #watercompanies #nationalisethameswaternow

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.

Petitions - UK Parliament and UK Government

Andii Apr 13

To: Environment Secretary, Emma Reynolds
Stop delaying action on Thames Water. Backroom deals are failing customers and the environment, and letting water companies off the hook. Bring Thames Water into public ownership now to protect our rivers and seas, fix the system, and put the public first.
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bring-thames-water-into-public-ownership-now-optin
#UKpolitics #WaterCompanies #ThamesWater

Bring Thames Water into Public Ownership NOW

😡 Thames Water wants to be allowed to dump sewage and not pay a PENNY. Right now, they're trying to force a deal so they can dodge fines until 2030, while customers foot the bill. This isn’t right. Join me and sign the petition now:

The Bad Place Mar 27

The Guardian | Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year by Sandra Laville

Campaigners criticise frequent use of storm overflows when parts of the country were in drought for months

Raw sewage was discharged into rivers and seas almost 300,000 times last year after the driest spring for more than 100 years and the sunniest and warmest year on record in England.

Water companies released raw sewage into rivers and seas from storm overflows – designed to be used in extreme wet weather conditions – 291,492 times. This was a 35% reduction on record spills in 2024. Average discharges were 20.5 spills for each overflow, compared with 31.8 in the previous year.

#pollution #rivers #watercompanies #stormoverflows #rawsewage

Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year

Campaigners criticise frequent use of storm overflows when parts of the country were in drought for months

The Guardian

Green Christian Mar 18

It's email/letter writing time again.
This time about the outrageous plans creditors of Thames Water are lobbying the UK government to accept ("Let us keep making profit, write of much of our debt and let us keep polluting rivers, beaches and shores").
My MP is not in the Thames Valley, but the water company in their region is likely to see this as a precedent, so not acting stores up trouble ahead.
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-your-mp-the-thames-water-creditors-latest-deal-must-be-rejected
#Water #WaterCompanies #UKpolitics #environment #privatisation #nationalisation

Email your MP - the Thames Water creditors' latest deal must be rejected

The Thames Water creditors' latest proposal still asks for regulatory leniency. Email your MP to get them to urge Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds to resist the deal

We Own It

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Mar 10

Is the shit still flowing into our Rivers?

I guess we can forget Labour standing up to big business then?

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/10/england-higher-water-bills-anglian-southern-wessex-south-east

#WaterCompanies #SewageScandal #UKPol #UKpolitics #LateStageCapitalism #Labour

Millions in England to pay higher water bills after suppliers appeal

Anglian, Southern, Wessex and South East allowed to raise charges more than originally allowed by watchdog

The Guardian

KillBait Mar 7

MPs report wide differences in water companies’ use of bailiffs for debt collection

📰 Original title: The water companies using bailiffs to collect customer debt more than 6,000 times a year

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#society #watercompanies #bailiffs #debtcollection

MPs report wide differences in water companies’ use of bailiffs for debt collection

New data from a committee of MPs reveals significant variations in how water companies in England and Wales use bailiffs to recover unpaid bills. While some companies, such as Wessex Water…

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