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A giant inflatable Teletubby was among the items caught on cameras blocking Thames Water’s sewers

Thames Water reveals the strangest things found in its sewers

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The harsh penalties for breaking hosepipe bans, how much you could pay

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Report reveals broken UK water system – and how it could affect bills

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Watch: Could a hosepipe ban be imposed?

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Water bills to rise by £123 on average - some households hit harder

Victoria Collins MP: water company sewage fines ‘should be just the start. Pic: Wikipedia.

Political comment - Victoria Collins MP: water company sewage fines ‘should be j...

Discharge is seen flowing into the River Thames at Crossness sewage treatment works in March 2024 (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Ofwat investigating every England and Wales water firm over pollution

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Water bills are going up across the UK - what it means for you

Focus on ‘illegal’ sewage spills not using poo to heat homes, campaigners say. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock/Henley Mermaids)

Focus on ‘illegal’ sewage spills not using poo to heat homes

Water providers could owe £800m in compensation to bill payers for ‘unfairly overcharging customers’

Bill payers could be owed £800m in compensation

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spill that turned rivers ‘black’ and ‘grey’

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spills
It is said that Environment Agency officers pulled out 1,400 dead fish from the rivers polluted by Thames Water
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Government ‘preparing for Thames Water collapse - contingency plans’

Thames Water CEO Sarah Bentley quits after Reading-based company’s poor environmental performance

Water company boss resigns with immediate effect

Customers can claim a refund if it shows they overpaid their water bill.

How to know if you overpaid your water bill & how to request a refund?

Over flowing waste from the drain

Thames Water criticised after family left with sewage in garden for five days

The Marlowes is now fully re-open

Hemel Hempstead shopping centre fully re-opens after flash flooding

This is why you shouldn't be flushing kitchen roll (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why you shouldn’t flush kitchen roll or wet wipes down the toilet

A large mass of rag pulled from a sewer in Wimbledon last month (there is no indication this specific blockage had any link to COVID-19). Photo from Thames Water

Thames Water warns Hemel customers over use of kitchen towels during coronavirus...

Watch what you put down the sink this Christmas

Experts issue warning over Christmas fatbergs and how to avoid them

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FARMING MATTERS: Concern for cattle as water supply is gone

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Work begins on Hemel Hempstead sinkhole

The sinkhole has closed off High Street Green since May

Sinkhole in Hemel Hempstead may leave road shut for another two months

jetting and vacuumation tanker Lanes Utilities 12000 PSI jet vac 300

High-powered jet tanker will clear Hertfordshire's sewers

Hole in Bunyan Close, Tring

'˜Relief' as mystery hole in road is filled in

Engineers attending to the hole on Bunyan Close, Tring

Two-metre deep cavity '˜is not a sink hole'

Water use

What a whopping figure – homes use nine billion litres of water a day

Thames Water asks: ‘Would you drink treated effluent?’

Jobs: Water opportunity!
Budding engineers and technicians of the future have the opportunity to tap into a career for life at Thames Water by applying to be one of the company’s latest recruits.
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