Water company boss who tells us not flush has six loos at £1.7million home

15 July 2023 , 19:07

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Thames Water recently came under fire for its £14billion in debt (Image: Getty Images)

A water chief who says people should not flush after a wee has SIX loos at her £1.7million home.

Thames Water’s Cathryn Ross reportedly agrees with the mantra: “If it’s yellow, let it mellow, if it’s brown, flush it down.”

Last month Ms Ross became interim co-CEO at the company, which leaks more than 600 million litres of water a day and has £14billion of debts.

But if all gets too much, she can relax in the 32ft pool, hot tub and loft sauna at her five-bedroom Oxfordshire contemporary home, set in nearly an acre of land.

Cathryn Ross recently became co-CEO of Thames Water (Western Mail)

On Tuesday, Ms Ross, an ex-boss at watchdog Ofwat, suggested people with bigger gardens could be charged extra for water as they had higher levels of use. She reportedly spoke of a “progressive charging system for water” to a London Assembly committee.

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And said: “I think that might unlock the ability for us to put up water bills for those people who can pay while not putting up quite so much for people who can’t.”

Thames Water has secured a £750m investment from shareholders to stay afloat.

In April, Ms Ross said: “The biggest thing everybody can do to reduce day-to-day water consumption is shorter showers and not flushing the loo every time.”

Thames Water said it is looking at developing a new tariff as fair as possible for efficient water use.

Simon Murphy