Failures at South East Water owned water treatment centre led to tens of thousands of people in Tunbridge Wells being cut off from the supply. In 2024, regulator warned SEW over bacteria and pesticide contamination risks ... nothing happened. Does any regulator serve the people?

'The standoff has already continued for months longer than anticipated' Why the standoff? Because Ofwat hasn't agreed to leniency on pollution. They know how angry the public would be if Thames was allowed to wreak even more havoc on our environment. Email Ofwat now. 👇 Link in comments

🤑Thames Water's profits are soaring. 😟While we struggle to pay our bills. 💧While water infrastructure crumbles. 💩While our rivers fill with sewage. 😡Absolutely disgraceful. The privatised water scam must end.

Thames Water risks being forced into special administration. 40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers. Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all. It's a scam. archive.ph/k6QX0

🛑 Sewage in the Thames has pushed communities to breaking point. Yesterday, residents across the south-east filed the first coordinated legal complaints against Thames Water. ⚖️ They’re saying the pollution is damaging their lives - and action can’t wait. ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

CLOSING TODAY: DEFRA is asking for people's opinions on new ways to hand out fines to water companies. But the companies simply shrug off fines as an occupational hazard. Write to DEFRA now, and tell them that regulation won't work - we demand a publicly owned water system. ⏰Deadline midnight!

Meanwhile #boycott. Join me and don't pay TW bills, @boycottthameswater.bsky.social, @weownit.org.uk etc. When they bailiffs come, I'll have a ball publicity-wise.

Thames Water half-year profits leap to £386m after bills rose by nearly a third. Leaks and sewage dumping will continue for years. £20bn+debt. A third of the bill covers interest payments. Captive customers have no choice. End the scam. Nationalise water.

5 children ill after playing in the Thames; an unwell Kayaker; a rower who couldn't sit some of his GCSEs due to E coli. Meanwhile, publicly owned Eau de Paris has opened up the Seine for swimmers. Well done River Action for your work co-ordinating legal complaints against Thames Water!

Oxford City Council recently passed a motion calling for Thames Water to be brought into public ownership. During the debate Councillor Djafari-Marbini identified why changes to regulation of water companies just won't work. Agree? Send our template letter to DEFRA today! vist.ly/4guwt

🚨NEWS! River Action can reveal that Thames Water has 93 unfinished upgrade projects, leaving the #RiverThames exposed to ongoing pollution & dangerously high bacteria levels. Communities - from across the Thames catchment - are now demanding action. ⬇️ riveractionuk.com/news/communi...

Greenwash England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record. Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards. And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.

People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act. Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply. Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040. Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.

Wait… what?! 😡 This is corporate greenwash on steroids - and our rivers are paying the price. 💩 Real green finance should = real environmental benefits. ❌Not glossy labels. ❌Not excuses. ❌And definitely NOT a mask for ongoing pollution. READ MORE: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“This is corporate greenwash on steroids. UK water companies are raising billions through green bonds while failing to deliver the environmental improvements these funds are supposed to support." Well said @riveractionuk.bsky.social. @weownit.org.uk www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"We need to stop allowing an essential service such as water to be reduced to nothing more than a revenue stream for profiteers." From our latest blog. @weownit.org.uk @riveractionuk.bsky.social @cathobbs.bsky.social @sophieconquest.bsky.social boycottthameswater.org/licenced-to-...

Regulation won't fix our broken water system. You have until 3rd December to tell DEFRA exactly why their plans for a new fines system won't work. Take 2 minutes now to complete the consultation.

All Labour, Green and independent councillors at Oxford City Council have just called for public ownership of Thames Water This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors. 📣 Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.

Our privatised water system is broken, and the next Water Bill could lock in more of the same.If MPs don’t hear from us, water companies get their way again. I’ve written to my MP. You can do the same in 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

The Labour Government's unwillingness to do anything to fix Britain's broken water system is a national travesty. Thames Water is the microcosm - over £20bn in debt and bills rising. Cllr @martinabrams.bsky.social on why he defected to the Greens from Labour in @left-foot-forward.bsky.social.

Rachel Reeves wants us to buy British "that's why we stepped in to save British Steel" So why can't we own our own water - starting with Thames Water? Spiralling water bills are taking money directly out of people's pockets, flowing to shareholders around the world #Budget2025

"If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a bloody duck...🦆🦆🦆" @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social says new private finance is EXACTLY THE SAME as old PFI deals that led to NHS Trusts spending for hospitals up to x 27 over Take action today before the budget weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-pfi

Billionaire Pears family who own Castle Water bought a village in Cornwall Now they want to buy Thames Water's 16 million so-called "customers" NOT FOR SALE Government must bring Thames Water into special administration and PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Thames Water bidder offering £1bn extra cash injection. 30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments. Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced. Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.

😡This is digusting. Thames Water caught red-handed trying to silence debate about their state-sanctioned rip off – trying to punish the one MP who had the bravery to take them to court. @charliemaynard.bsky.social

Our privatised water system is broken, and the next Water Bill could lock in more of the same. If MPs don’t hear from us, water companies get their way again. I’ve written to my MP. You can do the same in 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour, he asked the Court to put TW into special administration. Blatant attempt to silence MPs. TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures. Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.

Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby. 60-year-old pumping system not replaced. TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends. removepaywalls.com/https://www....

"Thames Water argued that an MP should be forced to pay its hefty legal costs after he represented the interests of the British public in court, a move he described as “retaliation” for pushing for government control." FFS!!! @weownit.org.uk @cathobbs.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Water company United Utilities enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112. UU has 205+ criminal convictions. Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined Rewarded with higher price and profit. archive.ph/7aP8O

Ofwat PROPOSES £11m fine on Wessex Water for wastewater failures. Company has 47+ criminal convictions, fleeced customers for yrs, allowed to negotiate fines. No fines on execs Water industry is a prime example of rentier economy controlled by criminals. 1,135+ criminal convictions.

Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company. Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet. Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced. Let customers vote on exec pay. archive.ph/9rYlp

England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year. Country surrounded by water has water shortages. 2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks. Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours. No new reservoirs. Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend. Record high water bills. People fleeced.

🚨Last chance to apply! We're looking for two people to strengthen our team and be a voice for all the people across the country who want to see our public services in public hands. Deadline for applications is Sunday, 9 November at midnight. To apply, head on to our website: vist.ly/4dbje

🪧 Last night, communities from across London came together outside @defrauk to share the real impact of Thames Water’s pollution crisis. 💷 💩 👇 We asked what they wanted the government to remember, remember this 5th of November… #RescueBritainsRivers @compassoffice.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: We’re in court TODAY challenging Ofwat! Ofwat promised customers wouldn’t pay twice for infrastructure improvements, but its approach risks customers paying AGAIN for failures that should never have happened. READ MORE: riveractionuk.com/news/river-a...

Tagging @riveractionuk.bsky.social 🙂

We're hiring! We have 2 vacancies to join our team: Communications & Campaign Support / Operations Lead. These are both fast-paced roles in a small team with a big mission! If you're interested, you have less than a week to apply before our deadline of midnight Sunday 9 November. vist.ly/4cp57

“The public should not be made to pay twice for water companies’ past failures to invest in improvements to stop sewage pollution. But @riveractionuk.bsky.social is concerned that Ofwat’s approach means customers could be paying again." @weownit.org.uk www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Outrageous: Minister misleads the public about Scottish Water to hide the failure of privatisation in England

⚠️Thames Water needs urgent action – public needs to know what comes next.👇 An exclusive in today’s Daily Express, written by Dr Samir Seddougui - River Action’s Campaigns Analyst. 👉READ MORE: riveractionuk.com/news/project... #EndSewagePollution #RescueBritainsRivers

Zack Polanski is spot on 🔥 Thames Water's own shareholders are saying the company is worthless - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW

Open letter to Environment Minister Emma Reynolds Steve Reed pledged in July to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030 💩 Thames Water’s creditors want to pollute *outside of LEGAL LIMITS until 2040* ⁉️ Say NO, take back Thames Water to defend households + our rivers 💧 weownit.org.uk/news/open-le...

Disgraceful: government failing to defend 16 million "customers" with no choice but to use Thames Water Special administration now Squeeze private owners + lenders for £££ Say no to bill rises Say no to sewage until 2040 Slash debt by 50%+ TAKE IT BACK news.sky.com/story/bond-g...

📈your bills are getting higher 🚽your rivers are being treated like open sewers 🧐but Thames Water has been spending millions of pounds of billpayers' money on... paying advisers from private equity firms ⁉️ Private ownership of water is a shameful waste of YOUR money.

"A public utility [Thames Water] has been recast as a yield instrument. The infrastructure still moves water, but the company now exists to service debt." We need public ownership of water NOW!!! @weownit.org.uk @sophieconquest.bsky.social @cathobbs.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Thames Water paid £20m to cover the due diligence costs of KKR for abortive attempt to buy TW. Rich pickings for advisers. Customers pick up the tab for management follies. Details never provided. TW has £20bn debt, survives by dumping sewage in rivers, fleecing captive customers. archive.ph/Ovj5V

🤑Here's further proof private companies can't be trusted with our precious water. 💩Serious pollution incidents have skyrocketed. Households are paying more & more for broken pipes, water outages & sewage-filled rivers. The privatisation of water in England is a failed experiment which must stop.

This week our fantastic supporters handed in a 20,000-strong petition to Ofwat. Like us, they want Ofwat to reject Thames Water's outrageous proposal - to pollute illegally until 2040. Find out more at vist.ly/4bpys

Govt publishes England water companies' league of sewage dumping and pollution . Worst since 2011. 9 companies collectively received 19 out of possible 36 stars. Thames Water the lowest rating of 1. Seven firms score only 2. No fines on execs. No exec prosecuted. Dividends paid. Customers fleeced