All news on the topic: Thames Water PLC

Water firms are only supposed to spill after heavy rain to prevent the system from backing up and flooding, but a report suggests they have been discharging sewage on some of the driest days of 2022

Professor Carolyn Roberts claims water companies have breached competition law by failing to report discharges which would have affected the price they can charge to customers

Campaigners say that as the climate emergency triggers more and more heatwaves, wasting water should be as socially unacceptable as smoking near children

Greenpeace found 1,193 sewage overflows discharged within 50m of a protected areas last year, lasting 305,963 hours - and areas hit included Brecon Beacons

A new executive at under-fire Thames Water thinks people should be charged extra for watering their gardens even though she has a pool, a hot tub, a sauna AND six lavatories

The firm has been fined £3.3m after more than 1,400 fish were killed when the sewage was dumped into the Gatwick Stream in Sussex and River Mole in Surrey in 2017

Ian Marchant earns a fortune as chairman of the company that is leaking hundreds of millions of litres of water every day and has £14bn worth of debt

Now that Thames Water is at risk of going under, they think they should get help from the government- meaning we taxpayers would be paying to clean up their mess.

It follows reports water firms are planning to hike household bills by up to 40% to meet costs of the sewage crisis

The Government is drawing up plans to rescue debt-ridden Thames Water, despite being owned by a wealthy foreign investors from as far afield as Canada and Abu Dhabi

Emergency plans are reportedly being drawn up by the government for the collapse of Thames Water as concerns grow over the utility company’s £14billion debt

There are suggestions that Thames Water could be placed into a special administration regime (SAR) - the same process used when energy supplier Bulb collapsed

Ministers are reported to be in talks about bringing Thames Water back into temporary public ownership under a special administration regime (SAR) - the same process previously used on energy supplier Bulb

New reports have warned that water companies are set to hike bills for ordinary British households as much as 40 per cent between 2025 and 2030 as they look to cover sewage spill repair costs

The picturesque town of Bibury in the Cotswolds is one of the most iconic images in the UK and features on the inside cover of all UK passports - but Thames Water has been pumping sewage into the water

Water UK says although companies have "absorbed as much cost as possible" this year’s change particularly reflects the inflationary impact of higher energy costs

Almost 120 storm drains have been issued with red or amber alerts, with almost half currently releasing untreated excrement into public open waterways