Water company

Debt-riddled Thames Water has apologised to customers as thousands are left without water. (Photo: Thames Water)

UK water firm 'sorry' as thousands left with no water

Households in England and Wales will see their water bills increase by an “extortionate” average of £86 this year. (Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

Water firms to hike bills 'more than what people can afford'

Some properties in a Devon seaside town have lost their water supply following reports of a burst pipe. (Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

Homes left without water reports of burst pipe

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Water firm to pay £10m compensation after major outage - how to claim

Fierce sewage campaigner, Feargal Sharkey, has challenged the CEO of Thames Water to drink a glass of water from the River Brent. (Photo: Getty Images)

Feargal Sharkey challenges Thames Water CEO to drink river water

Thames Water has reported a 40% increase in pollution incidents - while also warning it will run out of money by next March. (Photo: Getty Images)

Debt-riddled UK water firm warns it will run out of cash by March

A Boxing Day swimming event at a UK beach, that brings in thousands of spectators, has been cancelled because of poor water quality. (Photo: Getty Images)

Popular Boxing Day swim at UK beach cancelled over pollution

Wessex Water has been fined £500,000 for polluting two rivers and killing thousands of fish. (Photo: Environment AgencySW/@EnvAgencySW on X)

UK water firm fined £500k after thousands of fish die

A consortium of Thames Water's bondholders has put forward a £3bn debt proposal to the debt-riddled water company to save it from collapse. (Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

£3bn rescue plan proposed to save UK water firm from collapse

Southern Water’s debt costs are spiralling and has been downgraded again by the global credit ratings agencies. (Photo: Pixabay)

UK water firm's debt costs spiral as it looks to hike bills by 84%

An annual wildlife survey was forced to cancel for the first time in 13 years due to sewage in the sea. (Photo: Getty Images)

Event cancelled for first time in 13 years over sewage

Debt-riddled Thames Water has warned it may run out of cash by December as its lenders race to plan emergency funding. (Photo: Getty Images)

UK water firm warns it may run out of cash by Christmas

Severn Trent has agreed to pay £327,500 to restore a waterway after a sewage spill that it called “regrettable”. (Photo: Getty Images)

UK water firm to pay £327k after 'regrettable' sewage spill

A water dispenser full of what appears to be polluted water and condoms was left outside Thames Water's HQ in Reading. (Photo: @TheJimMurray on X)

Polluted water dispenser full of condoms left outside UK water firm HQ

Thames Water is looking to strike a £3.3bn emergency fundraising deal to help pay off some of the struggling utility’s large debt pile. (Photo: Getty Images)

Debt-riddled UK water firm hunts for emergency fundraising deal

Locals and businesses in Exmouth are set to launch legal action against South West Water over sewage spills. (Photo: Sideshore Community Facebook page)

'We want our beach back': Locals to sue UK water firm over sewage

Six beaches across Devon have been slapped with sewage alerts on Surfers Against Sewage interactive map. (Photo: Delphotostock/Adobe Stock)

Popular Devon beaches hit with sewage alerts
Six beaches across Devon have been slapped with sewage alerts on Surfers Against Sewage interactive map.
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The Environment Agency has issued an update on its course of action after a major sewage spill at Exmouth beach in Devon. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

'Legal approach considered' after sewage spill at UK beach

People have been urged to avoid entering the sea at a popular beach in Devon after a major sewage spill. (Photo: Delphotostock/Adobe Stock)

Urgent 'do not swim' warning at popular UK beach

Activists are calling on the public to email Ofwat and demand that Thames Water “loses its licence”. (Photo: Getty Images)

Public urged to call on Ofwat to 'terminate' Thames Water's contract

Over 300 sewage pollution incidents have been recorded in a year by Anglian Water. (Photo: Getty Images)

Hundreds of pollution incidents recorded in a year by UK water firm

Discharge is seen flowing into the River Thames at Crossness sewage treatment works in March 2024 (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Ofwat investigating every England and Wales water firm over pollution

Ofwat has revealed by how much water bills could rise in the coming years - as the companies are instructed to clean up their act by the new government

How much your water bill could rise by

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Water bills are going up across the UK - what it means for you

South East Water has said it needs a cash injection from investors to stay afloat. (Photo: Press Association Images/Press Association Images)

Second UK water firm admits it needs more money to stay afloat

As Ofwat announced water bills will rise by £94 across the next five years, the new Environment Secretary has vowed to “clean up” the water industry. (Photo: Lucy North/PA Wire)

Steve Reed vows 'change has begun' to 'clean up' water industry

Thames Water’s chief executive, Chris Weston, has taken home a £195,000 bonus despite the water firm’s debt swelling to more than £15 billion. This is disgusting. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Thames Water)

Boss of debt-riddled Thames Water receiving £195k bonus is disgusting Isabella Boneham

As Thames Water warns it will run out of money by next June we take a look at who owns the water company - and how it ended up riddled in debt. (Photo: Getty Images)

Explainer Who owns Thames Water - and how did the firm get in so much debt
As Thames Water warns it will run out of money by next June we take a look at who owns the water company - and how it ended up riddled in debt.
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It is time to give power back to the people and bring debt-riddled Thames Water back under public ownership. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

Plug the leak - bring Thames Water back into public ownership Isabella Boneham

In the first of its kind, Anglian Water has been fined £50k after being found guilty of not providing data to the Environment Agency. (Photo: Anglian Water)

UK water firm fined £50k for not handing over records

The clock is ticking on debt-ridden Thames Water as the water company warns it will run out of money by next June. (Photo: Getty Images)

UK water firm warns it will run out of money by next June

The boss of South West Water has received a £30,000 pay rise despite households in Devon were told by the firm to boil their drinking water after a parasite outbreak. (Photo: NationalWorld/South West Water)

UK water firm boss to get £30k pay rise after Devon parasite outbreak

Chief Executive of Severn Trent plc Liv Garfield in 2018 (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Severn Trent raises dividend despite sewage spill increase

Brixham Harbour in Devon, where around 16,000 households and businesses have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first (Photo: Piers Mucklejohn/PA Wire)

'Parasite' water company's high earnings

Thames Water “has weeks” to agree on a turnaround strategy with Ofwat to avoid collapsing after it has racked up a debt pile worth at least £14.7bn. (Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

UK water firm 'has weeks' to agree on plan to avoid collapse

Debt-ridden Thames Water has continuously pumped raw sewage into a rare chalk stream for over 1,000 hours since February. Picture: Getty Images

Water firm pumps sewage into rare chalk stream for over 1,000 hours

Water bills, council tax and phone bills are all going up in price.

April price hikes explained

Fears are mounting that the collapse of Thames Water, the UK's largest water company, will cost taxpayers billions of pounds. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Collapse of UK water firm could cost taxpayers billions

A woman said she was horrified when she realised she was walking through sewage with "mashed up toilet paper" and "condoms" at Bournville Park in Birmingham. (Photo: NW/Eleri Wilson)

Woman walks through 'vile' human waste 'with condoms' at local park

Thames Water is lobbying government to let it increase bills by 40% to avoid a potential multi billion-pound bailout. (Photo: Getty Images)

Water firm seeks to hike bills

Southern Water has been fined £330,000 after leaking sewage into a stream for up to 20 hours killing 2,000 fish. (Photo: Environment Agency/PA Wire)

£330,000 fine for fish-killing sewage spill

Joe Lycett's new Channel 4 documentary unveils the true “dilapidated” state of water companies as sewer networks currently held together "with plasticine". (Photo: Getty Images)

Comedian lifts lid on dilapidated sewer networks in programme

Thames Water has been slammed for allowing sewage to spill into the River Misbourne in Buckinghamshrie, a rare chalk stream, for "over 300 hours". (Credit: NW/Katy Hogarth)

Sewage seeps into rare chalk stream for 'over 300 hours'

Feargal Sharkey demands 'pathetic' water industry refunds public

A picture of a monitoring borehole near Kilham showing the scale of the groundwater issue that has been happening in East Yorkshire. Picture: Yorkshire Water

'S*** keeps coming': High groundwater levels causing sewage overflows

Water bills are going up this year, despite poor performance from water companies. Picture: David Potter/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images

Water bills: everything you need to know about 6% increase

Water bills are on the rise while bosses paid millions in bonuses.

Water bills rising as industry bosses earn £25m in bonuses is shameful Isabella Boneham

Water bills are set to rise by 6% from 1 April despite anger mounting over sewage spills. (Photo: Getty Images)

Water bills to rise by 6%

Jo Bateman is taking South West Water to court. Picture: Jo Bateman

'I can't sit back': Woman suing water firm over sewage spills

An outraged resident and river activist is demanding an apology from Yorkshire Water as sewage spills onto street "since early December". (Credit: Paul Jennings)

Resident outraged as raw sewage spills onto streets 'since December'

Severn Trent has issued an apology after raw sewage has spilled out on a street in Leicester. (Photo: PA)

Raw sewage 'bubbles' out onto street

Anglian Water was awarded a prize after funding from Ofwat - much to the anger of clean water campaigners

Anger as firm fined for sewage dumping receives extra cash and award

A petition has been launched to protect the River Test in Hampshire by stopping Southern Water from discharging sewage into it at Chilbolton

Petition to stop sewage spilling into 'iconic' UK river as fury mounts

Thames Water customers in Reading are outraged after being left without water for three days running. (Photo: Getty Images)

Outrage as homes without water for days

Thames Water has announced that hundreds of homes in West London will be heated by sewage sludge "early this year". (Photo: Getty Images)

'Poo power' to heat homes

New analysis by Labour has found that water company bosses have awarded themselves over £25m - despite continuous illegal sewage spills. (Photo: Getty Images)

Water firm bosses 'pocketed over £25m'

The Environment Agency accused South West Water of being 'not honest' about how well it was prepared for the heatwave in 2022. (Photo: Getty Images)

Water firm was 'not honest' about its drought preparations in 2022