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Homes flooded after pipe explodes

13.09.11
Families were forced to flee their homes after a Thames Water pipe exploded in west London, flooding properties with up to six feet of water... more

Thames Water refuses to pay passengers for burst pipe chaos

31.08.11
Thames Water has refused to compensate rail passengers after a burst water main caused major travel chaos across the South-East this month... more

UK women waste 50 billion litres of water a year shaving their legs

26.08.11
A third of UK women leave the shower running while shaving their legs, wasting around 50 billion litres of water a year... more

Rail and flights chaos after burst water main triggers landslide

02.08.11
Thames Water bosses are under attack after a single burst water main paralysed rail and air travel across the South-East... more

Thames Water directors get £2m in bonuses as bills are set to rise

25.07.11
Thames Water has come under fire for awarding its directors 'outrageous' bonuses of almost £2million... more

Councils raise cash to probe need for £3.6bn supersewer

06.07.11
A fighting fund has been raised by four London councils to investigate whether the £3.6 billion 'supersewer' is necessary and if there are any cheaper and less disruptive alternatives... more

Stars warned not to mock super-sewer by Thames bosses

01.06.11
Comedian Lee Hurst and Dame Helen Mirren received letters from Thames Water after they spoke out against plans for London's £3.6 billion super-sewer ... more

Gene Hunt joins the fight to save Barn Elms from super-sewer

27.05.11
Leading actors and television personalities join the campaign to stop Thames Water using land at Barn Elms as a construction site for the London super-sewer ... more

Boris Johnson tries to save park from supersewer

20.04.11
Mayor Boris Johnson urges Thames Water to move work on its £3.6billion 'supersewer' in order to prevent a popular park being turned into a building site... more

Dame Helen Mirren: Thames sewer will turn my park into an eyesore

15.03.11
Dame Helen Mirren speaks out against plans for a 'supersewer' under the Thames. The Oscar-winning actress is worried that work on the 20-mile long Thames Tunnel will ruin her local park ... more

Newly opened park could be closed by 'supersewer'

04.03.11
Residents in west London today criticised new plans to build a 'supersewer' on their doorstep... more

Homes with free water face bills for the past six years

11.02.11
Thousands of Londoners who do not own up to getting free water face bills of up to £2,000... more

Comedian Hurst says supersewer will ruin East End park

14.01.11
Comedian Lee Hurst vented his anger over a 'supersewer' he fears will ruin the beauty of the Thames... more

Roadworks killing business say traders in call for payout

08.12.10
Shopkeepers tell how their trade had been 'killed stone dead' by five days of roadworks after a water main burst in north London... more

Thames Water blasted for City road chaos

24.11.10
Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy accuses Thames Water chiefs of “working against” London’s needs after a major part of the City was jammed because of the company’s repairs... more

Supersewer 'will ruin our Thames view'

18.11.10
Thames Water's supersewer could ruin one of London's most picturesque riverside views, it was claimed... more

Residents kick up stink over £3.6 billion super-sewer

13.09.10
Londoners warned to expect seven years of disruption as Thames Water revealed the proposed route of its £3.6 billion super-sewer... more

Green light for £3.6bn Thames super-sewer

09.09.10
Ministers back plans for a £3.6 billion Thames super-sewer which will increase water bills for millions... more

Most dug up road in London - 22 times in two years

01.09.10
A road is described as “the most dug up in London” after being the scene of more than 22 sets of roadworks in two years... more

Thousands left with no water and 60 homes flooded by mains burst

12.08.10
Thousands of homes in west London were left with little or no water and up to 60 homes were flooded after a mains pipe burst... more

Summer of roadwork pain as London faces 69 holes a mile

28.06.10
Central London faces its “worst ever” summer for roadworks as figures show that the equivalent of every mile of the capital’s streets will be dug up 69 times this year... more

Warning over west London flood scheme

08.06.10
Thames Water is not doing enough to protect 1,400 homes in west London from being flooded with sewage, it is claimed... more

£270m filter plant opens to give us Thames mineral water on tap

02.06.10
Thames Water opens a £270 million desalination plant so that Londoners will be able to drink ... Thames water... more

£25m pump scheme to protect basements from sewer floods

10.03.10
Basements in one of London’s most wealthy neighbourhoods are to be protected from sewer flooding by a £25million pump scheme... more

Smelly tap water was tainted by ‘glue’ chemicals

26.02.10
Thames Water could face prosecution after it was discovered that supplies to homes in parts of London were contaminated with industrial chemicals... more

Thames 'like open sewer' after drains overflow in heavy rain

27.11.09
The autumn downpours have led to record discharges of untreated sewage into the Thames... more

Thames Water bills can rise more than inflation, says Ofwat

26.11.09
Millions of Thames Water customers face inflation-busting increases in their water bills over the next five years... more

Thames Water pipe repair cuts ‘will be green disaster’

24.07.09
Cuts in Thames Water’s mains replacement programme threaten an 'environmental disaster', campaigners warn... more


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