Crisis-hit Thames Water faces environmental enforcement investigation

Wednesday 12 February 2025 07:17, UK

Thames Water is being investigated over late delivery of environmental
improvement schemes, the industry regulator has announced.

Ofwat said the enforcement case against the company, currently fighting to
secure its financial future amid a £19bn debt pile, aimed to determine whether
it had breached its legal obligations.

The watchdog said that Thames [https://news.sky.com/topic/thames-water-6491]
itself had been in contact to alert it and the Environment Agency that it will
be unlikely to deliver more than 100 of 812 improvements it had promised by a 31
March deadline.

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