From the archive of the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’: What could Thames Water look like in public ownership?
1) A supervisory governing board with representatives from households, workers, communities, environmental groups, local councils and water experts.
2) A public mission with new duties to
- Make sure everyone can afford water
- Work with communities to clean up rivers and seas
- Reduce carbon emissions
- Steward public assets and land for the future
3) New powers for you and your household to
- Access all data about company performance on sewage, leaks, customer service
- Attend board meetings and ask questions
- Visit Thames Water’s shopfront on a high street near you
- Give feedback or new ideas for improving the service
- Help make plans with local groups for cleaning up rivers and seas
- Vote for representatives of Participate, the new democratically accountable watchdog for everyone who uses Thames Water’s services (or stand for election yourself)
- Vote against any proposals to reprivatise!
