All news on the topic: Thames Water PLC

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Unresolved water complaints in England and Wales have reached a near-decade high
Customer disputes over sewage spills, billing mistakes and water meters soar in past year
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Thames Water may be prevented from securing new debt financing next week
Troubled firm has until 7 October to agree to extension, according to holding company accounts
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Water firms to be punished for years of sewage leaks
Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water face £168m fines by the industry regulator over historic sewage spills.
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Thames Water violates licence as part of its debt is downgraded to junk status
Move by ratings company Moody’s puts Thames in breach its operating licence but Ofwat likely to hold off on large fine
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Ofwat accused of displaying ‘disregard’ for customers amid increasing water bill prices
Politicians and campaigners condemn charging proposals, as regulator puts Thames Water into special measures
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The Thames Water board approved a £150 million payout just hours before reversing their decision on funding
Ofwat to investigate circumstances around payment of dividend to intermediate parent company
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One in three UK water workers verbally abused amid sewage fury, GMB finds
Exclusive: public anger over river pollution affecting employee safety, union survey suggests
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Woman's Thames Water receipt shows she owes £2 million - and people are baffled
A woman was stunned when she received a staggering water bill from Thames Water for two million quid and leaves people baffled as to why it was so much - and cooly asked how everyone elses's week was going
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Woman in 'despair' after Thames Water charged her for 'one million cups of tea'
The Thames Water customer lived in a two-bedroom flat with her husband and baby and couldn't believe it when she received a bill of £800 - which only covered five months leading to September
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Water companies face hefty fines if they fail to improve customer service
The water regulator for England and Wales has been given new powers to fine suppliers up to a 10th of their turnover for poor customer service
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Water firm bosses to lose bonuses if they dump sewage as Tories nick Labour plan
Ministers have been accused of being 'shamed' into adopting Labour's plans to get tough on water companies after bosses raked in millions in bonuses despite sewage
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Eton College forced to close after sewer flood as £50k-a-year school delays term
Eton schoolboys were supposed to return to class after the winter break on Tuesday, but an overloaded local sewer system scuppered plans, with boys now being moved to remote learning
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Eurostar chaos as trains restart after huge flood leaves families stranded
Eurostar passengers have been left stranded for a second day after a flood in a tunnel cancelled all services in and out of London, with more delays expected on New Years Eve as trains finally restart
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Households water bills set to rise to over £800 a year to 'help new investments'
To help cover the costs of new investments, households could be hit with a staggering 74 per cent increase in water bills amid fury over the privatised woeful track record of pollution and leaks
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Thames Water bosses could be hauled back to explain whether they misled MPs
Reports of the firms complex financial arrangements have prompted the Environment committee to “question the accuracy of evidence provided to our Committee by Thames Water in July”
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Millions of customers to get lower bills as water companies miss targets
Water companies will be paying out a net total of £70million to customers after falling short of performance targets the regulator Ofwat has confirmed today
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Water company pumps 72 billion litres of sewage into River Thames sparking fury
Thames Water has been accused of "environmental crimes" over pumping at least 72 litres of sewage into the River Thames since 2020 but the company denies any cover-up
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UK braced for entire week of storms including huge deluges and gale force winds
Britain could see another entire week of storms in the aftermath of Storm Ciarán, with thunderstorms and hail possible today before multiple bands of rain move in from Wednesday
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Storm Ciaran still causing havoc as 12,000 Brits stuck without running water
Some 12,000 residents in a part of Surrey have now been without any water for a day after Storm Ciaran hit a Thames Water plant over the weekend causing a major outage
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Water firms to pay back £114million to customers after failing to meet targets
If water companies fail to meet targets, Ofwat restricts the amount of money they can take from customers - this year, no company achieved its top category of 'leading'
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Parents fuming after Thames Water fault closes schools and homes without water
Thames Water said the problem had been caused by a power supply problem that hit its Ashford and Hampton water treatment works in west London - and the issue forced schools to close
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Three major water companies accused of illegally spilling sewage on dry days
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
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Millions could get compensation in £800m legal action against water companies
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
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Warning hidden crisis will lead to rationing, water shortage and higher bills
Campaigners say that as the climate emergency triggers more and more heatwaves, wasting water should be as socially unacceptable as smoking near children
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Sewage pours into conservation sites including Lake District for 300,000 hours
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
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