Blue Community Ambassador Andreas Bieler calls to sign a petition. He writes: Water regulator Ofwat thinks OUR bills should go up to pay for the cleanup of sewage dumped by water companies (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Join me and add your name to the petition demanding water companies – not customers – foot the bill for cleaning up their own mess!
The petition states:
Water companies have built up over £60 billion in debt, and now they want to raise customer bills to bail them out for their mistakes. It’s their fault, they should fix it. Our bills must not go up to bail out failing water companies.
Ofwat has approved water companies proposals to increase our water bills to pay for infrastructure updates. Put simply, they want their customers, people you like and me, to bail out the water companies for their mistakes.
Private water companies have been pillaging our system for years, making millions in profits, bonuses and shares meanwhile continuously failing to invest in ageing systems, flooding our rivers and seas with sewage. Now, they’ve built up over £60 billion in debt and they want to put up YOUR bill to pay to clean up their mess.
Sign the petition to Ofwat and Environment Secretary, Steve Reed here
