'Water companies in England & Wales have averaged five serious sewage spills into rivers or seas every day over the past decade' data analysed in tomorrow's Observer shows!
And guess what Thames Water is the worst offender... yup privatisation of the sewage system has worked a treat... well for the rentier owners at least.
[Full disclosure: my pension is paid by one of those investors - USS]
Holy 💩 our water supply is contaminated with cryptosporidium and we can’t drink the water. We’ve been ordered by Southwest Water to boil our water for 10 mins before using until further notice? 😳 it’s a mad rush for bottled water! #England#Contamination#Water#SouthWestWater#Sewage#Devon#Disgusting
Just in case you'd forgotten that the water utilities have been pumping sewage into our waterways on a regular basis, United Utilities have been found (again) pumping sewage into Windermere.
Not only that, strangely they did exactly the same thing the year before... its almost like they'd prefer to pay dividends & enhance executives' pay than actually fix the problems in their infrastructure.
@ChrisMayLA6 - Meanwhile in the #LakeDistrict, more evidence that the #sewage discharge(s) ruining the UK's beaches & seawaters, are having similar impact inland - Lake #Windermere is going green as semi-treated sewage flows into the lake
Yet more proof that the only people who gained from water privatisation were the investors
Meanwhile in the Lake District, more evidence that the sewage discharge(s) already identifies across the country as ruining the UK's beaches & seawaters, are having similar impact inland - Lake Windermere is going green as more semi-treated sewage flows into the lake & feed the algae that turn the water green.
Yet more proof that the only people who gained from water privatisation were the investors - for the rest of us it looks like daylight robbery!
Palestinians walk next to a sewage spill near tents for internally displaced people at a temporary camp in Rafah camp, southern Gaza Strip, on April 26, 2024 [Haitham Imad/EPA]