Thames Water bills will soar to average 354 biggest rise in countryHOUSEHOLDS in London are to face the biggest increase in water bills in Britain this year, with rates rising by more than double the rate of inflation to an average Pounds 354.Tobin, Lucy...
Shareholders had been due to inject another £500mn into Thames Water by the end of last month, but last week refused to do so unless regulator Ofwat approved a 56 per cent real-terms increase in customer bills by 2030 and offered concessions on dividend rules and leniency on fines. Ofwat...
Running through some of the drier parts of mainland Britain and heavily abstracted for drinking water, the Thames' discharge is low considering its length and breadth: the Severn has a discharge almost twice as large on average despite having a smaller drainage basin. In Scotland, the Tay ...
The ACCESS-CM2 model showed the highest potential future flood risk, with the largest increase in flood rates under SSP370. The ACCESS-ESM1-5 model also showed an increase in flood rates in the future, with the highest flood rates projected under SSP585. In contrast, the BCC-CSM2-MR ...
The investors, a group of mostly international pension and wealth funds including Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System and China Investment Corp., sought a 40% increase in customer bills and reduced penalties for poor performance. This, in their view, was what was needed for Thames Water ...
but we need our politicians to stop dragging their heels and act now. The longer we delay in taking action, the more difficult it will be for our oceans and waterways to recover from the damage we’re causing through not only our plastic use, but also our poor recycling rates,” Carolyn...
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2.30 The potential for the South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) and STT to operate together to increase the deployable output benefit is being explored as part of the SESRO SRO. 2.31 The Severn Trent Water Minworth SRO is being evaluated to s...
Although there is anaerobic (microbiological) attack, it is thought to be relatively unimportant even though the rates are highest in the more polluted reaches of the river. It is suggested that continued reduction in pollution of water may result in an increase in the rate of corrosion, and ...
[62], application of the von Bertalanffy growth model estimates of fish length at the end of their first year were calculated for the most common species found in the study reach. Scale age data for the Thames indicate that resident fish exhibit relatively slow growth rates, relative to a ...