Thames Water - register your protest here
Published April 6, 2006
SIGN BELOW IF WANT TO REGISTER YOUR DISGUST AT THAMES WATER FOR RISING PRICES, POOR SERVICE, LACK OF INVESTMENT AND PANDERING TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS!
SIGN BELOW IF YOU WANT THAMES WATER TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON FIXING LEAKS WITHOUT INCREASING OUR BILLS!
THIS PETITION WILL BE SENT TO THAMES WATER, THE GOVERNMENT AND OFWAT, THE WATER REGULATOR.
Hosepipe Ban
On Monday, 3 April 2006, Thames Water introduced a hose-pipe ban on its 5 million household customers. The ban will affect an estimated 8 million people. Thames Water has stated that the ban is necessary to preserve scarce water resources through what is expected to be a dry summer. If the region does not enjoy more rainfall, Thames Water may introduce further emergency measures, which may eventually culminate in all domestic water supplies being cut off, forcing people to obtain their water from standpipes in the street.
Millions of litres leaked every day
However, it is estimated that a staggering 914 million litres is leaked every single day from water mains under the control of Thames Water. That is enough water to fill 11.4 million baths every single day or, in other words, 1½ baths for every Thames Water customer. If these leaks were fixed – if even half were fixed! – would we need a hosepipe ban? Would we live under the threat of supplies being cut off?
Thames Water has blamed the leaks on an ageing network of water mains and claims that it is spending £500,000 per day to fix the leaks. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH!
Hundreds of millions in dividends for shareholders
Thames Water may not direct enough money to fix leaks, but it has found a staggering £141.2 million to pay in dividends to its corporate shareholders for the financial year ended 31 March 2005. In 2003/4, it was £136.1m. In fact, here’s a list of Thames Water’s dividends obtained from its own Annual Reports from 1997:
1997 £136.6 million
1998 £643.4 million
1999 £891 million
2000 £117.2 million
2001 £122.5 million
2002 £126.6 million
2003 £136.1 million
2004 £141.2 million
Price rises
The average water bill for Thames Water for the same period from 1997 to 2005 has risen from £201 to £246, a huge 22.4%. In 2005, Thames Water announced that in the next 5 years, average prices would rise by a further 24%. If it were not enough that their prices rose in real terms by an enormous 44% from 1989 (when privatisation happened) to 1999, they now plan on hitting the customers for a further staggering price rise. BUT WHERE ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS? WHY ARE WE FACING A HOSEPIPE BAN?
Millions in retained profits
The customers must pay more even though Thames Water loses a third of all of its water in leaks every day and even though Thames Water announced in its most recent Annual Report that it currently has £57.3 million in retained profits. WHY ISN’T THIS MONEY SPENT ON FIXING LEAKS? WE ASK AGAIN - WHY ARE WE FACING A HOSEPIPE BAN?
What you can do
• Please sign this petition
• Write to your local MP
• Write to OFWAT
• Complain to Thames Water
Thank you for your time.
SIGN BELOW IF YOU WANT THAMES WATER TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON FIXING LEAKS WITHOUT INCREASING OUR BILLS!
THIS PETITION WILL BE SENT TO THAMES WATER, THE GOVERNMENT AND OFWAT, THE WATER REGULATOR.
Hosepipe Ban
On Monday, 3 April 2006, Thames Water introduced a hose-pipe ban on its 5 million household customers. The ban will affect an estimated 8 million people. Thames Water has stated that the ban is necessary to preserve scarce water resources through what is expected to be a dry summer. If the region does not enjoy more rainfall, Thames Water may introduce further emergency measures, which may eventually culminate in all domestic water supplies being cut off, forcing people to obtain their water from standpipes in the street.
Millions of litres leaked every day
However, it is estimated that a staggering 914 million litres is leaked every single day from water mains under the control of Thames Water. That is enough water to fill 11.4 million baths every single day or, in other words, 1½ baths for every Thames Water customer. If these leaks were fixed – if even half were fixed! – would we need a hosepipe ban? Would we live under the threat of supplies being cut off?
Thames Water has blamed the leaks on an ageing network of water mains and claims that it is spending £500,000 per day to fix the leaks. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH!
Hundreds of millions in dividends for shareholders
Thames Water may not direct enough money to fix leaks, but it has found a staggering £141.2 million to pay in dividends to its corporate shareholders for the financial year ended 31 March 2005. In 2003/4, it was £136.1m. In fact, here’s a list of Thames Water’s dividends obtained from its own Annual Reports from 1997:
1997 £136.6 million
1998 £643.4 million
1999 £891 million
2000 £117.2 million
2001 £122.5 million
2002 £126.6 million
2003 £136.1 million
2004 £141.2 million
Price rises
The average water bill for Thames Water for the same period from 1997 to 2005 has risen from £201 to £246, a huge 22.4%. In 2005, Thames Water announced that in the next 5 years, average prices would rise by a further 24%. If it were not enough that their prices rose in real terms by an enormous 44% from 1989 (when privatisation happened) to 1999, they now plan on hitting the customers for a further staggering price rise. BUT WHERE ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS? WHY ARE WE FACING A HOSEPIPE BAN?
Millions in retained profits
The customers must pay more even though Thames Water loses a third of all of its water in leaks every day and even though Thames Water announced in its most recent Annual Report that it currently has £57.3 million in retained profits. WHY ISN’T THIS MONEY SPENT ON FIXING LEAKS? WE ASK AGAIN - WHY ARE WE FACING A HOSEPIPE BAN?
What you can do
• Please sign this petition
• Write to your local MP
• Write to OFWAT
• Complain to Thames Water
Thank you for your time.
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