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Thames Water also removes, treats and disposes of 4.6 billion litres (1,000 million imperial gallons) of wastewater per day from 15.5 million customers (6 million properties) using 5,123 sewage pumping stations through 109,292 km (67,911 mi) of managed sewerage mains to 353 sewage treatment works across an area of 13,000 km 2 (5,000 sq mi) of ...
In 1989 the Thames Water Authority was partly privatised, under the provisions of the Water Act 1989 [3] with the water and sewage responsibilities transferring to the newly established publicly quoted company of Thames Water, and the regulatory, land drainage and navigation responsibilities transferring to the newly created National Rivers Authority which later became the Environment Agency.
Hampton Water Treatment Works buildings alongside the A308. Hampton Water Treatment Works are water treatment works located on the River Thames in Hampton, London.Built in the second half of the 19th Century to supply London with fresh water, the Waterworks was in the past a significant local employer, and its brick pumphouses dominate the local landscape. [1]
Britain’s biggest water company currently has only enough funding to see it through to the end of May next year, and is scrambling for fresh cash. Thames Water to start fundraising talks in ...
What could this mean for Thames Water and customers? Bill rises for all companies until 2030 have already been announced by the regulator Ofwat, with Thames Water bills rising from an average £ ...
Thames Water has been at the centre of growing public outrage over the extent of pollution, rising bills, high dividends, and executive pay and bonuses at the UK’s privatised water firms, and Mr ...
The plant takes brackish water from the River Thames and converts it into drinkable water through a reverse osmosis process. The first of its kind in the UK, it was built for Thames Water by a consortium of Interserve, Atkins Water and Acciona Agua. [2] It was opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on 2 June 2010. [3]
The government is scrambling to put together a plan to rescue Thames Water over increasing fears the company is set to go bust.. The utility giant is struggling under a £14 billion debt pile it ...