Talk:Thames Water
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[edit] Privatization
What is the history of privatization of the water board authorities in England? The article mentioned a date of 1989 which would have been under a Tory government.
At the present time there are announcements of purified water shortages, hosepipe bans including banning washing private autos and watering lawns and gardens with home hosepipes, bans on commercial auto washes that don't use recycled water, threats of installing standpipes on the streets of London to maintain minimum pressure, and even threats of cutting off water supply for part of the day.
On the other hand there are numerious local media reports of water mains leaking 800 million litres of water per per due to old mains and lack of repair, etc., 31% profit increase for Thames Water PLC, reports of customers not paying water/sewage charge bills, rules against cutting off water supply to private customers who don't pay bills, many customers in older homes who pay an unmetered (allowing unrestricted use) flat rate charge while those with meters pay for each litre of water.
It appears that the end result of privatization of the public water supply in London is a disaster. --TGC55 10:10, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
- Hosepipe bans have been known well before privatisation occurred and aren't a direct result of privatisation. Any recent problems cannot automatically be blamed on the privatisation process. Making a profit in a company is generally regarded as a good thing, unless you want the company to go under. The 30% touted may be true, and is quite sizable, but you need to make a profit for shareholders to want to invest. You need shareholders to invest if you want some capital within the company. New homes in the UK tend to have water meters while older homes don't tend to. More homes are moving towards metered usage. The benefit of metered usage is that you pay for what you use rather than paying the same amount regardless. Having a meter isn't automatically worse, as seems to be implied here.Neilajh 12:08, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
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