#SewageScandal: “Utterly, utterly disgraceful,” is LibDem MP Mike Martin’s description of the CEO of South East Water.

Yes, but …
This government won’t.
The environment agency won’t.
They are complicit in the #SewageScandal

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😡 Thames Water wants to be allowed to dump sewage and not pay a PENNY. Right now, they're trying to force a deal so they can dodge fines until 2030, while customers foot the bill. This isn’t right. Join me and sign the petition now […]

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The story of the seven-year-old boy who nearly died after kayaking in Windermere has shaken a lot of people this week. His mum checked the official water quality rating before they went in. It said the water was excellent. He spent six weeks in hospital […]

Environment Agency tells Southern Water to take action over permit breaches Southern Water has been told to take some 400 actions to comply with Environment Agency permits following inspections during 2025-2026. Poor maintenance and not knowing where their own discharge po…

#SewageScandal: Of the Southern Water sites investigated, ONLY 68% were found to be compliant with their permits.
Why has the UK Environment Agency been so slow to do its job?
theisleofthanetnews.com/2026/03/31/e...

If only the Labour government would! They must do something to stop this #SewageScandal.
The government’s current approach is to force councils to grant permission to build new houses that have no connection to mains sewerage.
LibDems believe in building infrastructure first, before houses.

Listen to a grieving mother and have no doubts: water privatisation has been a lethal scandal | Clive Lewis Progressives must wage a battle against a rotten capitalist system that milks our resources – and destroys lives. Let the fightback start with water, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

“What kind of country allows this to happen? And what kind of country decides it will not allow it to happen again? These 2 questions define the scale of what this Labour government faces”
#DirtyBusiness
#SewageScandal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

2025 update: Event Duration Monitoring dataset re #stormoverflows in England, from water company returns environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/21e1...

Environment Agency press release www.gov.uk/government/n...

Earlier years www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hist...

#waterquality #sewagescandal #opendata

Email your MP - the Thames Water creditors' latest deal must be rejected The Thames Water creditors' latest proposal still asks for regulatory leniency. Email your MP to get them to urge Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds to resist the deal

🚨Check out this from #WeOwnIt.
@we_ownit 👇 #Water #Pollution
#PublicServices @Ofwat #Politics #SewageScandal #Environment #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #SaveOurOceans
weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-your-mp-th...

De-fanging of Environment Agency over water regulation means it can't deal with illegal waste Political priorities of successive UK governments have essentially de-fanged the Environment Agency to a point where it is now too weak to tackle the illegal dumping of waste that is now rife across t...

MPs say the Environment Agency is too weak to stop an “out-of-control” dumping crisis. Years of political choices have hollowed out regulation.
#EnvironmentAgency #FlyTipping #UKPolitics #SewageScandal
thewhipline.substack.com/p/de-fanging...

A terrible indictment of the water privatisation experiment in the UK. Don't let your children play in the water. Utterly deplorable. #sewagescandal #DirtyBusiness #Devon

Rare Earth - Lakes, Lochs and Loughs - BBC Sounds Plunge into the chilly, much-disputed waters of the lakes of the British Isles.

The state of our lakes and rivers! Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland is not only Britain’s largest lake, but is also a breeding ground for superbug-creating genes.
Who will take responsibility for stopping this #SewageScandal? When will the Environment Agency do its job?
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

(2/2) & come after the same company was fined £2.15m in 2023 for 13 similar offences.

And here we are again. Still swimming in sewage while polluters continue to profit.

Pls sign @sascampaigns.bsky.social petition & tell Starmer to END the #sewagescandal.

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now? With anger stoked by Channel 4’s drama Dirty Business, we look at what has happened to some of the main players

Who is responsible for the current #SewageScandal?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Millions in England to pay higher water bills after suppliers appeal Anglian, Southern, Wessex and South East allowed to raise charges more than originally permitted by watchdog

Is the shit still flowing into our Rivers?

I guess we can forget Labour standing up to big business then?

www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/10/englan...

#WaterCompanies #SewageScandal #UKPol #UKpolitics #LateStageCapitalism #Labour

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I just signed the petition “Return the Water Industry to Public Ownership” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.

Our goal is to reach 300,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:

https://c.org/X6MLcnkBxR

Thanks!
Jules […]

This Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) dataset relates to the performance of storm overflows in England. Water and Sewerage Companies (WaSC) submit this data to the Environment Agency each year as part of the Bathing Season Return, in order to fulfil their permitted conditions to discharge from these storm overflows under the Environmental Permitting Regulations. Data files are provided by year and, where applicable, include a separate sheet for each WaSC with storm overflows in England. Each WaSC sheet shows how often and for how long each monitored storm overflow discharged during the EDM Bathing Season (1 May – 30 September). The dataset also explains why EDM may have provided information for less than 90% of the relevant return period, and why an overflow may have high spill counts during that time. These datasets reflect the best information available to the WaSC at the time of submission. The datasets from 2023 onwards also include key summary data tables. These summary tables provide information such as the number of storm overflows with EDM, the number returning spill counts, and the average spill duration and average spill count for each WaSC.

Event Duration Monitoring - Storm Overflows - Bathing Season Returns environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/258d... new dataset from the Environment Agency for England

Previously available annual returns environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/21e1...

#stormoverflows #waterquality #sewagescandal #opendata

Victorian sewers not to blame for England’s pollution, research shows Water company excuses for spills debunked by findings that most infrastructure was built in 20th century

#SewageScandal:
Viewers of #DirtyBusiness on @channel4.bsky.social may find this (gift) article of interest:
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Victorian sewers not to blame for England’s pollution, research shows

Petition: Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset To make water a non profit making national asset that ensures we have a secure water infrastructure that ensures our water security for future generations.

Starmer might make himself more popular if he did this.

Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset.
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
#nationalisewatercompanies
#dirtybusiness
#sewagescandal

Dirty Business Shocking real-life drama about the muck in our water and a corporate scandal

I’ve watched all of #DirtyBusiness now & even though I knew quite a lot about the #sewagescandal I was shocked by the corporate cover ups and the stories of illness connected to the water.
I love sea swimming but this has made me very wary
#dirtywater
#renationalise
www.channel4.com/programmes/d...

Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal There is no end in sight to the pollution caused by a ‘broken’ system. Experts say it could even be getting worse

#EndSewagePollution 💩💩💩
#SewageScandal #Water #Privatisation👇
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Morning @cleanilkley.bsky.social @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social @feargalsharkey.bsky.social my article on Yorkshires #DirtyBusiness in the #SewageScandal came out this morning and features all you amazing campaigners

After the @Channel4 #DirtyBusiness this is Yorkshires very own ‘DirtyBusiness’ My article on the #SewageScandal

Email Ofwat - the public have said NO to illegal sewage until 2040

No more Dirty Business ! The public, MPs and Environmental Groups have said NO to 14 years of illegal Thames Water sewage pollution. Email Ofwat now, so that they can't ignore us @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai... #SewageScandal #ThamesWater

Sewage discharge from this Storm Overflow has been discharging pollution continuously into the North Sea at Bamburgh, Northumberland, for over 21 hours by Northumbrian Water. #sewage #DirtyBusiness #pollution #SewageScandal

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Sick 🤮 of it you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en... #waterScandal #petition #water #SewageScandal, please sign!!

Dirty Business Shocking real-life drama about the muck in our water and a corporate scandal

I teared up watching this. I walked the Windrush with Ash for my book in 2021 - now he and Peter have had a 'Mr Bates vs The Post Office' style drama made of them and the sewage scandal. All available on the 4 Player thingy. Pls watch! #DirtyBusiness #SewageScandal www.channel4.com/programmes/d...

Just in case anyone is watching Dirty Business about the Water Companies on @channel4tv.bsky.social, this is how much 💩 that has been going on our waters over the last 48 hours #sewagescandal 💩

Top of the Poops | Homepage Analysing sewage dumps by water companies

Get informed about the scale of the problem #dirtybusiness #sewage #sewagescandal

top-of-the-poops.org

Live data for England & Wales & annual reports across the mainland.

See the beaches, towns, rivers and shellfish areas, all polluted.

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I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too?

End profit driven sewage pollution!
The water companies must be allowed to go bust and be taken back into public ownership […]