Top-rated UK [#England] #WaterFirms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’

Exclusive: #UnitedUtilities and #SevernTrent had four-star environment ranking but discharges breached permits, campaign group says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/13/top-rated-uk-water-firms-dumped-1374-spills-into-rivers
#ToryLegacy #OfWat #ShittyOldEngland

…#CEO #criminals

#water #waterfirms #CEOcapitalism

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/23/six-water-firms-in-england-overcharged-customers-by-up-to-15bn

'Many protected[sic] landscapes owned by #English #WaterFirms in disrepair, data shows

Exclusive: Figures reveal just 16% of company-controlled #SitesOfSpecialScientificInterest are in good condition'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/water-companies-natural-england-sites-special-scientific-interest
#SSSI #ThatchersLegacy #PollutingForProfit

#England & #Wales #WaterFirms ask for bill rises of between 24% and 91%
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce55vp78n40o.amp

#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #PrivateProfitPublicCost #Greedflation #PayBackTheDividends

‘Dirty secret’: insiders say #UK #WaterFirms knowingly break #sewage laws

Exclusive: Whistleblowers point to broader #SewageScandal, with #wastewater systems manipulated to divert sewage
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/20/dirty-secret-insiders-say-uk-water-firms-knowingly-breaking-sewage-laws
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #DirtyParty #Pollution #PublicHealth

'#WaterFirms use up to 28% of bill payments to service debt in areas of #England

As English #WaterCompanies plan to hike bills, the Guardian reveals customers are paying a high price for combined debts of £60bn

Interactive: How much of your water bill is swallowed up by company debt?'
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/dec/18/water-firms-use-up-to-28-percent-of-bill-payments-to-service-debt-in-areas-of-england
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#WaterFirms in #England and #Wales ordered to cut £114m from bills

Fewer than half of companies meeting their targets on leaks, says the regulator, #Ofwat
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/26/water-firms-england-wales-cut-customers-bills-ofwat

#ToryPoliciesInAction #DirtyParty #WaterCompanies #Pollution #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #Environment #Water

#EnvironmentAgency failing to monitor #WaterFirms in #England, data suggests

Watchdog is supposed to audit firms yearly to ensure they are not illegally #DumpingSewage, but 36% of audits since 2010 are missing
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/environment-agency-failing-to-monitor-water-firms-in-england-data-suggests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #PublicSpendingCuts #ToryPollutionParty #DirtyParty #SewageScandal #WaterCompanies #Privatisation #Pollution #Environment #PublicHealth #Rivers #Wildlife #Sustainability

Public could receive hundreds of millions as #WaterFirms face #sewage lawsuit

Class action legal claim on behalf of 20 million householders in #England and #Wales could top £800m in compensation
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/09/public-could-receive-hundreds-of-millions-as-water-firms-face-sewage-lawsuit