From the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’:
Last month, tens of 1,000s of people in Tunbridge Wells lost their water supply. It wasn’t fully restored for 9 days. Our privatised water system is crumbling before our very eyes. Water Company CEOs are finding it harder justify their eyewatering salaries as they oversee failure after failure.
The continued privatisation of water is a choice – higher bills, catastrophic water outages and environmental devastation.
Thames Water can’t be trusted with our daily water supply, let alone large infrastructure projects. Last October they were ranked the worst water supplier in England by the Environment Agency. It should be taken into public ownership without delay. End privatisation of water now, starting with the collapsing Thames Water.
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