The Daily PerspectiveFibre cables become water detectives in UK trial
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Frantic 🇬🇧 + 🇪🇺Fergal has the right idea on getting the water back into public ownership.
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NewsletterTFScotland's Water Use: Balancing Heavy Rains with Future Scarcity
Why does Scotland face water shortages in summer even with lots of rain? Learn about high usage, industry needs, and tree impacts.
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https://newsletter.tf/scotland-high-water-use-summer-scarcity-despite-rain/
Scotland uses about 165 litres of water per person daily, which is more than the UK average. This high usage is a key reason for summer water scarcity worries.
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https://newsletter.tf/scotland-high-water-use-summer-scarcity-despite-rain/
TechNadu⚠️ Five cyberattacks have been reported against Britain’s drinking water suppliers since 2024 - the highest number in years.
None disrupted water quality, but analysts say the rise highlights how critical infrastructure is under sustained digital pressure.
The upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill aims to close gaps in reporting and strengthen defences.
Experts emphasize prioritizing everyday resilience over exotic threat models.
💬 What’s your perspective - are water utilities improving fast enough?
Follow @technadu for unbiased cybersecurity coverage.
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Dr Susi Arnott"The widely cited £100bn figure for the cost of public ownership based on 'Regulatory Capital Value' has been questioned by independent experts... under existing laws, the value of these debt-ridden companies and their crumbling pipes could be closer to zero."
#UKWater #PeopleNotProfit #CliveLewis Show support for public ownership
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?
#UKWater #PeopleNotProfit #CliveLewis Show support for public ownership
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?
Sadderp 🇮🇪 🇪🇺💚From @RichardJMurphy
How much would it cost to nationalise the UK's water industry?
The number that is bandied around is £90 billion. You'll also hear them saying it's going to be paid for by taxpayers' money.
There are issues with their claims.
£90 billion was an estimate by a very right wing think tank who thought if you nationalise water you would have to repay all the debts owed by the water companies to the loan financiers who have kept them in business and profited heavily by doing so.
That's total nonsense. If a company is bust, you don't pay off the loan financiers to it. You pay a fair value for the business, and that is it.
What's the fair value of the water companies right now, given that they are both actually financially insolvent in some cases, like Thames Water, or environmentally insolvent in the sense that they can't actually deliver us clean water without it being full of, let's be blunt, shit, in most cases.
Well, their value is nothing. Literally, precisely pounds zero, or maybe £1 each.
That's the price we should pay for the water companies.
Would we have to pay taxpayers' money to bail these companies out? Let's not talk nonsense here. We have nationalised companies in the past, & what do we use to nationalise companies? We issue new debt to nationalise companies.
Not a single penny raised from taxpayers is involved in any way at all, because firstly, there will be almost nothing to pay. And secondly, bonds will pay for it. #uk_politics #ukwater
How much would it cost to nationalise the UK's water industry?
The number that is bandied around is £90 billion. You'll also hear them saying it's going to be paid for by taxpayers' money.
There are issues with their claims.
£90 billion was an estimate by a very right wing think tank who thought if you nationalise water you would have to repay all the debts owed by the water companies to the loan financiers who have kept them in business and profited heavily by doing so.
That's total nonsense. If a company is bust, you don't pay off the loan financiers to it. You pay a fair value for the business, and that is it.
What's the fair value of the water companies right now, given that they are both actually financially insolvent in some cases, like Thames Water, or environmentally insolvent in the sense that they can't actually deliver us clean water without it being full of, let's be blunt, shit, in most cases.
Well, their value is nothing. Literally, precisely pounds zero, or maybe £1 each.
That's the price we should pay for the water companies.
Would we have to pay taxpayers' money to bail these companies out? Let's not talk nonsense here. We have nationalised companies in the past, & what do we use to nationalise companies? We issue new debt to nationalise companies.
Not a single penny raised from taxpayers is involved in any way at all, because firstly, there will be almost nothing to pay. And secondly, bonds will pay for it. #uk_politics #ukwater
Christopher Miller- The public overwhelmingly want Britain's water to be nationalised.
- The financial impact from nationalisation will be minimal
The only reason that the government have for not nationalising the water industry is if they've been bought by fat cat bosses...
Public ownership of England’s water companies could cost close to zero, says thinktank:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/09/water-companies-public-ownership-could-cost-close-to-zero-says-common-wealth-thinktank
#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #UKPol #UKPolitics #Nationalisation #Water #UKWater #ThanesWater
Steven HeywoodAbout damned time, though giving OFWAT the power to ban bonuses for failure and actually having it happen are quite different things.
Billy SmithJust had an idea about the UK Water Industry.
What about a form of nationalisation that consists of the UK govt. taking possession of the physical infrastructure, but leaving the legal shell alone.
All of the debts/bonds are left to be argued over by the current shareholders and the past C-suite.
All of the currently-connected customers can change to a new water provider owned by the UK govt, that owns the infrastructure that the customers are currently-connected-to...