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...Northumbrian Water, Yorkshire Water, Thames Water and Southern Water declined to comment....
...The proposed bill increases come amid widespread anger against water companies for high leakage rates and for tipping unknown quantities of raw sewage and storm water into the sea, lakes and rivers....
...Thames Water is lobbying the government and industry regulator Ofwat to let it increase bills, pay dividends and face lower fines as it seeks to avoid a potential multibillion-pound taxpayer bailout....
...Other regulators, including Ofgem, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, have internal audit capability requirements, the CIIA said in its letter....
...The school said: “Following extensive flooding in the region, the Thames Water sewers which serve the town of Eton flooded....
...In March, Southern Water raised its expected expenditure by 8.5 per cent before inflation and said it now expected average annual customer bills to rise 74 per cent, the biggest price increase in the UK....
...and mistrust of England’s privatised water system....
...Either way, the company remains in dire straits as it grapples with an £18.3bn mountain of debt, faces fines for sewer discharges and needs to invest billions of pounds to revamp its ageing infrastructure...
...This is the beginning of the end for Thames Water in its current form. The process will still be tortuous and lengthy. nathalie.thomas@ft.com...
...Its nine shareholders, which include Chinese and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds, and UK and Canadian pension funds, said on Thursday the water company was “uninvestable” as they backtracked on a commitment...
...“We will continue to monitor Thames Water as it seeks to turnaround its performance for customers and the environment.” Thames Water and its parent Kemble declined to comment....
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...If both halves are played skilfully, the company’s current woes present an opportunity to demonstrate that British authorities obey the rules, enhancing the safety and attractiveness of investment in the...
...The rising waters flooded villas in the city’s desert outskirts, where residents were canoeing and jet-skiing along submerged roads....
...Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China are part of a group of lenders involved in a stand-off over debt at Thames Water’s parent company....
...high, and impose demands on fiscal and monetary authorities that have already used up much of their policy flexibility and have limited operating space....
...“Victorian sewers constitute a minor proportion of the sewer network and cannot be blamed for the toxic mix of untreated human waste and road surface run-off polluting our inland and coastal waters,” said...
...The increase, announced on Friday by trade association Water UK, will raise the cost of sewage and water services by about £27 per year, to an average of £473 per household a year, between 2024 and 2025....
...It is not a sewer for Japan’s nuclear-contaminated water. China strongly urges Japan to stop its wrongdoing,” said ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin....
...The company has announced plans to raise £180mn in equity to pay for the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval from the Competition and Markets Authority....
...Thames Water’s new chief executive, Chris Weston, takes the helm of Britain’s largest privatised water company on Monday, facing the daunting task of persuading investors, lenders and regulators to support...
...In the mid-19th century, city planners jacked up the level of Chicago — built on marshland just above the water table — by as much as 14 feet, so they could install underground sewers....
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...the French capital’s antique sewer system during heavy rainfall....
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