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New boss - worse performance - big bonus. The sewage dumping numbers are out and it's worse than ever.Four years after WASP's Prof Peter Hammond ripped the lid off the sewage scandal and showed an epidemic of illegal pollution, Thames Water s...

Crime pays.
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YouTube video by Windrush WASP Toad underwater - Upper Windrush

Fragile life hanging on where it can

youtu.be/vUDvjgLFsCg

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 -...

Court rules in favour of more of the same, Dig deep billpayers, you have hungry creditors and shareholders to feed.

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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...

@windrushwasp.bsky.social WASP update on appeal next week.

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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...
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#OurWaterOurWay

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).

Thames Water has broken Oxfordshire's sewerage infrastructure while sucking out the money for shareholders and overpaid executives.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2493949...

Killed by greed.

Don't worry, no bonuses were affected in the making of this clip.

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...

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.

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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

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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

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

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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…

Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out

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....

Want to stop captive water customers being used as a cash machine for shareholders?
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Windrush Valley this morning

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

May it be a happy one

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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...

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

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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.

Rivers have Rights @windrushwasp.bsky.social

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

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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

Yes!

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

'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.'

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How water companies use our river as moneymakers

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.

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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..

Not a mushroom, though, is it?

One of the inspirations behind the Save Windermere campaign.

This is just one of the iconic animals we’re striving to protect by demanding an end to sewage pollution in Windermere.

Sign up to help ⬇️

www.savewindermere.com

One of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken.

Copyright: Save Windermere

England’s #NationalParks are desperate.

But instead of another bailout, let’s renew the social contract between National Parks and the nation. With a simple ‘nature first’ commitment, proper public representation and a long-term funding deal.

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I’m now hitting @bsky.app each morning before all others and spending a lot more time here. We’ve had other social media platforms come along over the past couple of years but nothing I’ve seen is changing habits as quickly as this one. In just 7 days it’s become my go to first platform for news