r/environment • u/GeographicalMagazine • 1d ago

England’s water companies in the first half of 2026 have failed to report 50,000 sewage discharges within legal timeframes

https://geographical.co.uk/news/englands-water-companies-in-the-first-half-of-2026-have-failed-to-report-50000-sewage-discharges-within-legal-timeframes
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u/britannicker 1d ago

The lack of any political and/or legal reaction to breaking the law & damaging the environment tells me that far too many people in power are complicit.

UK literally dissolving into a banana republic in front of our very eyes.

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u/thissomeotherplace 1d ago

Nationalise every one of them. The privatisation of UK water has been a dismal failure that has offered worse service at higher costs. It was a neoliberal folly and it's time it was reversed.

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u/Trilla_Huseini 1d ago

yeah the whole thing is a masterclass in how to squeeze every last penny out before the pipes fall apart. thames water basically paying out dividends while dumping sewage is all you need to know about how that model works.

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u/ooctavio 1d ago

This is what the British should be REALLY pissed about, but the boat distraction works a bit too well.

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u/Crazy-Display-4145 1d ago

how have we let this keep happening without consequences

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u/F0rthel0ve0fd0gs 1d ago

And yet our bills are going up.

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u/RelevanceReverence 1d ago

British privatisation is just fantastically educative.