| Topic: | Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 03/04/24 13:55:00 |
| If only there had been more fuss and attention long long before this! The campaigns to do something about it have increased and increased and there is now more regulation. Thames Water is stuck in the middle between the Govt regulations and Ofwat. The trouble with privatised companies is that they change ownership and although I thought it was the first company that had piled the debt onto Thames Water, Ivonne earlier posted a timeline of ownership recently and it seems it wasn't - it was the second. I understood that there weren't dividends being paid out to shareholders recently and that that happened much earlier in Thames Waters' privatised life. Their problems are the servicing of their large debts, - and I think one in particular is due in soon. The other big problem is that in the UK we have combined rainwater and sewage pipes and not enough/up to date infrastructure (yes, just another case of UK infrastructure) to deal with it all and whenever there is heavy rainfall the storm drains have to be opened to allow untreated or half treated water in the rivers. The alternative would be the water backing up and flooding people's homes. So they - and we - are between a rock and a hard place which hopefully the Tideway Tunnel will solve. It is important that rainwater and river water is slowed down and you will find that the Environment Agency has put wiggles back into at least one river to do this, farmers have been taken to court for interfering with the flow of river water by straightening streams. The concreting and asphalting of land be it for big building or all the new bathrooms and loos and non-porous patios and hardstandings that residents have added to properties just exacerbate the problem. There are things we can do like using water butts where you can so that you both slow the rainwater down the drain and also have water for the garden when there is no rain, and being much more aware of the amount of water you use (our tap water is drinking water standard). Expect to see more swales and rain gardens! |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 10:31:00 | Barbara Stevens |
| Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 10:35:00 | Barbara Stevens |
| Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 11:02:00 | John Kettlekey |
| Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 12:25:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 12:37:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 12:42:00 | Barbara Stevens |
| Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 12:52:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 13:46:00 | Andy Pike |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 14:03:00 | Barbara Stevens |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 16:51:00 | Andy Pike |
| Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 15:01:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
| Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 17:01:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 21:51:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 27/03/24 22:04:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought | 28/03/24 07:20:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought | 28/03/24 09:26:00 | Alexander MacLeod |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought | 28/03/24 09:30:00 | Alexander MacLeod |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought | 28/03/24 10:32:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought | 28/03/24 11:11:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought | 28/03/24 11:25:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Reply | 28/03/24 11:25:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Reply | 28/03/24 11:24:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Reply | 28/03/24 11:46:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Reply | 28/03/24 11:52:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 28/03/24 11:56:00 | Andy Pike |
| Reply | 28/03/24 12:57:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 28/03/24 13:07:00 | Andy Pike |
| Reply | 28/03/24 13:24:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Reply | 28/03/24 13:29:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 28/03/24 12:13:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
| Re:Re:Reply | 28/03/24 12:46:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 28/03/24 14:12:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Toxic Thames. | 28/03/24 15:17:00 | Fross Walters |
| Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 28/03/24 16:48:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 28/03/24 17:27:00 | Alexander MacLeod |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 29/03/24 07:52:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Toxic Thames. | 29/03/24 16:18:00 | Vic Condon |
| Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 30/03/24 08:09:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 30/03/24 12:13:00 | Ed Robinson |
| Re:Toxic Thames. | 03/04/24 08:40:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 03/04/24 10:26:00 | Barbara Stevens |
| Reply | 03/04/24 10:48:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 03/04/24 11:12:00 | Andy Pike |
| Reply | 03/04/24 11:28:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 03/04/24 11:47:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Reply | 03/04/24 13:55:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Reply | 03/04/24 14:03:00 | Barbara Stevens |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 03/04/24 16:10:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 03/04/24 16:19:00 | John Kettlekey |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 04/04/24 14:14:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 05/04/24 14:20:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 07/04/24 07:48:00 | Andy Pike |
| Reply | 05/04/24 15:27:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Toxic Thames. | 05/04/24 23:32:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Toxic Thames. | 06/04/24 22:30:00 | Canice Valentine Kelly |
| Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 07/04/24 16:51:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames. | 11/04/24 07:48:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Reply | 13/04/24 08:30:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re: It really should list ALL of those companies who are guilty of this! | 17/04/24 15:58:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re: It really should list ALL of those companies who are guilty of this! | 19/04/24 15:38:00 | Philippa Bond |