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...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....
...All 16 companies have been criticised for service failures, including tipping unknown quantities of sewage into waterways, high leakage rates or water outages....
Experts warn the extent of the problem with Raac in commercial property is unknown
...At the same time, the industry notched up £60bn in debt while a failure to invest sufficiently in infrastructure has led to a fifth of treated water being lost in leakage as well as unknown quantities of...
...The quantity of raw sewage flowing into rivers and coastal waters remains unknown....
...Executive pay has become a lightning rod for public anger against the water monopolies, which are accused of letting unknown quantities of raw sewage pour into rivers and coastal waters....
...This includes water distribution pipes that leak a fifth of the water they carry, a failure to build new storage capacity such as reservoirs, and the contamination of waterways with unknown quantities of...
...The PAC report warns that the effects on local people and businesses of the delay are also “unknown”....
...Public pressure for renationalisation of water has been mounting after unknown quantities of sewage poured into rivers and coastal waters, risking public health and closing beaches this summer....
...About one-fifth of treated water is lost in leakage and unknown quantities of storm water and sewage are being tipped into rivers and coastal waters, threatening to close some beaches this summer....
...The regional water monopolies are accused of paying out billions of pounds of dividends and hefty pay packages for executives at the same time as tipping unknown quantities of storm water and sewage into...
...Penrose’s comments follow research by the FT that showed the 10 largest privatised water monopolies paid out £1.4bn in dividends in the year to March 31 2022 despite concerns over the dumping of unknown...
...The companies are accused of massive water leakage and pollution failures, including tipping unknown quantities of storm water and sewage into coastal waters and rivers....
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...The comments also followed criticism over water companies pouring an unknown quantity of sewage into England’s rivers and seas, and implementing hosepipe bans while wasting water through leaks during a national...
...Public concern about the sector’s environmental record has been growing following recent revelations that several water companies have been tipping unknown quantities of raw sewage into the nation’s waterways...
...The improvement in fortunes for Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has emerged as one of the biggest unknowns for investors and policymakers at a critical moment for Pakistan’s economy....
...While public anger towards water companies has been bubbling for years, it has erupted in the past few months, as unknown quantities of raw sewage and storm water have repeatedly been poured into Britain...
Investigation seeks to unravel how the former health secretary came to be filmed, apparently unknown, in his ministerial office
...Whitehall officials said the “known unknowns” about how many people would ultimately come forward for treatment meant it was not possible to give a specific timeframe for clearing the treatment backlog....
...Although Ofwat has set new targets for water companies to reduce leakage by 16 per cent between 2020 and 2025, the MPs said meeting the targets would rely on “unknown and untested” approaches....
...Care home operators and opposition politicians say the real number of Covid-19 cases in care homes is unknown because of how the statistics are compiled....
...There are at least 43 companies in all, of which six are offshore — four in Cayman, one in Jersey and one in an unknown jurisdiction....
...Additional reporting by Nikou Asgari and Gill Plimmer...
...highlighted in June when Ofwat found that Southern Water, which operates in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, had deliberately manipulated water samples for seven years while it dumped an unknown...
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