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IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
The River Foss and the River Ouse in York being overwhelmed tonight by sewage discharges
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
Recent figures suggest that @thameswater are £20bn in debt, with over £10bn paid in dividends since privatisation.
They also owe their own parent company an estimated £3.8bn with interest up to 10% annually on that loan.
It is a government-backed cash machine for investors.
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
Thames Water is due to run out of money (again) over the next few weeks. A year and a half ago it was given a £3 billion bailout now it's asking for another £2.4 billion.
We really are being taken for mugs.
theguardian.com/business/202…
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
"Southern Water fined £2.4m over multiple incidents of sewage pollution in Kent."
That of course is on top of the £7.1 million they were fined back in July, the £90 million they were fined back in 2021, or the 107 environmental offences they've been found guilty of in the last 15 years.
Really, what is the point?
itv.com/news/meridian/2026-0…
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence
There's a reason Palantir is called Palantir. It spreads corruption
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
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Over 20,000 people have signed our petition calling for public ownership of the water industry today, giving us 337,000+ total signatures and counting.
PLEASE sign and share, let's get to 500,000 ⤵️
change.org/nationalise-water
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
🚨 Water companies have made at least £1.4 BILLION from industrial wastewater in six years.
Our investigation with @Watershed_i reveals:
💰 Water companies reported £336 million in trade-effluent revenue in 2025/26 alone, with reported revenues almost doubling since 2020/21.
🏭 607.6 billion litres of industrial wastewater was consented to enter sewage treatment works last year. That’s enough to fill around 242,000 Olympic swimming pools!
This wastewater can contain substances including PFAS, cyanide, mercury and pharmaceuticals. These chemicals enter our waterways and contaminate sewage sludge, which is spread on our land and used to grow our food.
Yet there is no independent regulator overseeing individual trade-effluent consents and no central national register.
🔎 Read our full investigation and uncover the hidden industrial wastewater trade: 👇
riveractionuk.com/news/water…
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
She can’t concede water privatisation is a failure.
To do so is to accept privatisation of essential utilities has failed.
But it goes further than that.
It would be a tacit admission that Thatcherism itself has failed and failed, catastrophically.
A majority of the country is living with that failure.
That’s an opportunity for us to now spell out the alternative.
Kemi Badenoch claims Margaret Thatcher’s privatisation of water sector 'a success'
itv.com/news/meridian/2026-1…
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
Porthtowan’s antiquated system flooding the green with raw sewage this afternoon- Cornwall. @Feargal_Sharkey @SouthWestWater @sascampaigns
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
Another day and South East Water balls up.
@Ofwat come on seriously, what the hell is it that a water company has to do before you revoke their licence?
"Hundreds without water because of burst main in Hassocks"
@sewateruk again leaving nearly 700 people without water. Reports suggest that they have paid out over £1.2bn in dividends over the last 15 years.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmwy…
Despite numerous reports of a burst water pipe on Burrley Main Street 7 WEEKS ago, this STILL hasn't been fixed by @YorkshireWater . Update please. @BBCLookNorth .
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
Last week's remarkable debate on the water ownership referendum - many of you and your MPs changed the government's narrative with this.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
These words came from the Minister:
“The Prime Minister has been clear that the Government’s priorities must be the public’s priorities"
Hold them to it.
There are 6 days left to sign it to play your part in driving change. Please do and please share widely across the platforms. Ends 1st October
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
Public ownership of water is here for the doing if a big slice of the NGO world will just stop being scared to support it or wanting a slice of customers' money.
Forget new regulation, we need to end the incentive for criminal pollution and that incentive is privatisation.
Finally, the government dropped the pro private myths under a barrage of evidence from MPs.
windrushwasp.org/single-post…
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
What an absolutely ridiculous conversation England is having about its extreme ideological experiment with privatisation
It's really not that complicated
9 out of 10 water systems worldwide are in public ownership (1/6)
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
Hosepipe bans continue across the country because there hasn't been enough rain.
Sewage pollution continues across the country because there has been too much rain.
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
"Green peer refuses to pay Thames Water bill in sewage protest."
Way ta go Jenny Jones, 👏👏👏
thetimes.com/uk/environment/…
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
Think @Feargal_Sharkey will like him 👍🏼👍🏼
IlkleyCleanRiver retweeted
"Around 1/3 of our bills are going to servicing debt & dividend payouts...there’s no way that inviting US hedge funds into our water system will make bills go down.
“People want to see Andy Burnham pick a fight, like he did with the bus companies”.
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