Devon parasite outbreak: thousands lose access to drinking water
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Published 2024-05-18
Events like the Brixham water crisis are happening every day of the week and not surprising at all, says Charles Watson, founder of River Action UK.
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All Comments (21)
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Only £3 a month to supply water aid to a deprived country, Britain needs your help
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Time to re-nationalise water companies, we simply cannot allow them to cream off profits to pay share holder dividends when it needs to be reinvested.
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Are you legally obliged to pay for a product that’s unfit for purpose? And at which point does this become criminal negligence?
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We’re being taken back to medieval times in this country
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THIS IS BEYOND DISGUSTING !!!!!
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Today's Corporate greed is the reason. The Victorians recognised this & took action. I refer to London's 'Great stink' as a lesson to all of the Water companies Shareholders.
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Profiteering has no accountability… welcome to 1984!
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What can you expect from corrupt shlt water gangsters. ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY!
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Time to renationalise the water companies due to sheer incompetence and greed
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Apart money being paid to shareholders rather than investing into maintaining let alone investing in improvements, my opinion is that this is not just about greed. The degradation of our water structure mirrors the degradation of all infrastructure. It is I believe malicious and deliberate.
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Cryptosporidium broke out in Milwaukee, WI, USA in Lake Michigan. 300,000(?) cases. Sewage was being discharged near the water intake. It's a matter of not throwing schitt into your drinking water sources. Privatization is NEVER good.
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Getting a grip on this dire situation, isnt ever going to happen whilst this government are in the driving seat, unfortunately! They've been conspicuous by their absence on this for over a decade!
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This is unbelievable 😫🤦 absolutely criminal
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The water companies in this country are a disgrace. They get billions every year yet the infrastructure is in a poor state due to lack of investment and poor maintenance. Invest more money on the network instead of putting it in the pockets of shareholders
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This water company has had this problem before.. Not good enough they are ALL tipping sewage into the water..
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So we're paying through the nose for pond water
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People need to go to prison from these water companies.
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All water needs testing . And these companies made to pay compensation.
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Gov is aiding and abetting this harm by not regulating the water boards properly and by selling water boards to foreign interests. Fines do nothing & in fact benefit only the pockets of Government as opposed to the people affected or harmed. This is deliberate harm by coalition of Gov and corporation
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Might get on a little boat see what other country will take me. This country is embarrassing
