1/2 South East Water left thousands of homes in Kent without access to water on the hottest days of the year so far. Yet another shocking example of the failure of privatisation.
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Sewage Pollution Investigation and data analysis - campaigning to make our waters safe for all. A registered Charity, campaign group and hub for experienced specialists from key disciplines.
These guys get it. Thames Water in verse www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4dV...
Morris Minors at 8 Bells HPoo0
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The question from the profiteers and government: " How much crap will they take before they start pushing back?" is being answered - people have had enough of being treated as fools and watching their environments and livelihoods, and post Dirty Business, now we know it - even lives, destroyed.
If you want to do something tangible to make the government listen to you about the Dirty Business privatised water scandal, please sign and share. Over 50K have already and we need about 50K more to for a debate, but we want a million. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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Have you signed yet? Break the stranglehold that powerful financiers have on government decisions and get the public's voice back. Please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
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Fragile life hanging on where it can youtu.be/vUDvjgLFsCg
Toad underwater - Upper Windrush
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Court rules in favour of more of the same, Dig deep billpayers, you have hungry creditors and shareholders to feed. www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...
Court supports Thames Water bailout
The Appeal Court has announced that it will not overturn the High Court decision to allow Thames Water to add £3 billion debt to the almost £19 billion it has already taken on at billpayers' expense -...
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@windrushwasp.bsky.social WASP update on appeal next week. www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...
Thames Water Appeal
Don't let that title mislead you; we are not having a collection for Thames Water..Next week, something very big is happening.Do you want to be there?On Tuesday, 11th March, the Appeal Court will star...
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Ash Smith from the @windrushwasp.bsky.social campaign explaining why he supports a national debate on the public ownership of water industry. Ask your MP to attend on 28th March for @labourlewis' private members bill. Link mpwatch.org/support-clea... @extinctionrebellion.uk #OurWaterOurWay
Thames Water has broken Oxfordshire's sewerage infrastructure while sucking out the money for shareholders and overpaid executives. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2493949...
Objection raised to plans for 370 homes over sewage concerns
Plans to build 370 homes near the A40 outside Witney have received an objection by Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (WASP).
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Killed by greed. Don't worry, no bonuses were affected in the making of this clip.
So did Gov and Ofwat want to avoid being cross-examined by barristers in the Thames Water bailout case? It's not so easy to bluff and be economical with the facts through a proper court hearing. www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...
Judge slams Government and Ofwat!
We are in Oxfordshire, but we think we heard a distant "OUCH!" Could it have come from Environment Secretary, Steve Reed and his advisors, and from the Ofwat Chief Executive when Mr Justice Leech spok...
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Watch a massively expensive bail-out being dropped on captive customers or fight against it - in the High Court? Follow the windrushwasp blog @jennyjones.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social @savewindermere.bsky.social
Sewage effluent generally flows 24/7 but when some of the 12 TIMES A YEAR testers showed up there was nothing to test! Anglian Water claims that happened on average 600 times a year since 2015. As the regulators looked the other way.. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out
Analysis by campaign group finds utility company had highest rate of ‘no-flow’ samples of any water and sewerage firm in 2024
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Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out
Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out
Analysis by campaign group finds utility company had highest rate of ‘no-flow’ samples of any water and sewerage firm in 2024 The water firm Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at its sewage plants that were never carried out. Operational…
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Want to stop captive water customers being used as a cash machine for shareholders? @jennyjones.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...
WASP and the High Court
Remember the letter we wrote to the High Court Judge at the start of proceedings to authorise a £3Bn loan to Thames Water to add to its already unbearable £19Bn debt burden? It's in the previous blog....
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May it be a happy one www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...
Happy.....
Happy Christmas!From WASP to our remarkable volunteers, supporters, donors, the under-funded water industry staff working to do their best while the bosses and shareholders keep the spoils, the Environment Agency staff battling against government cuts and dodgy government policy, the Ofwat staff who have been forced to look the other way, the media reporters and researchers without whom we would be nowhere, our co-campaigners, the councillors who have been with us throughout the fight, and the
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We either spectate and collaborate or we challenge and fight for our waters and to save our water industry from financial predation. WASP going with our MP Charlie Maynard to deliver the hard copy by hand to the court High Court, Strand, London 1030 Tues 17 Dec www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...
It's all about the money
On Tuesday 17th December WASP will deliver a hard copy of a letter to the High Court that we sent by email last Thursday 12 December. We will be accompanied by our MP Charlie Maynard of the Witney Con...
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For those who don't yet follow @windrushwasp.bsky.social, these guys are the most forensic champions of British rivers. They cut through the bs to the truth behind the privatised water industry racket and the government's complicity.
WindrushWASP@windrushwasp.bsky.social · 2y ago'Let's hope that the fact that on the run-up to the election, the Labour Party took a £4 MILLION donation from a hedge fund similar to those now being allowed to prey on Thames Water's distress won't influence its decisions.' www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...
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Annie Leymarie@annieleymarie.bsky.social · 2y agoThe Paris mayor, Anne Hidalgo, has organised a fake trial to establish whether the river Seine could have legal rights. The Jury decided it should. Now citizens' assemblies will be held monthly until June 25 “to bring to the legislature the draft law that could recognise the rights of the Seine”.
Join us December 2 for a training on Bluesky, with lots of tips and guidance for social change groups and activists. The training is free for those who need free access to join. #Bluesky #endX community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/blue...
Here is Witney untreated sewage overflow @thameswater.bsky.social pouring out far from harmless 'storm' sewage at 9.77ppm ammonia sometimes legally, too often, not. The penalty and deterrent? None. @jennyjones.bsky.social @savewindermere.bsky.social
'Let's hope that the fact that on the run-up to the election, the Labour Party took a £4 MILLION donation from a hedge fund similar to those now being allowed to prey on Thames Water's distress won't influence its decisions.' www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...
The Stealth bailout.
As big bill hikes loom to fix the problems caused by water companies whose failures are now being used to blackmail even more money out of billpayers, we take a look at what is going on behind the scenes. Shockingly, our new government appears to be fearful of upsetting the big financial interests at the heart of the water industry scandal. Let's hope that the fact that on the run-up to the election, the Labour Party took a £4 MILLION donation from a hedge fund similar to those now being allow
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Not from the untreated outfall, this was the actual brook including dilution from the treated effluent and the stream - so much for storm sewage being relatively harmless contaminated rainwater. Witney, Oxfordshire. @soswhitstable.bsky.social
Young pike, perilous position. Downstream of an untreated sewage outfall that is likely to discharge soon. Hoping he or she survives undamaged.
Windrush cygnet needing help. Now you know what an Ikea bag was designed for..