This is what happens when private corporations are involved in Public Service. They should be banned.

@SCP--ck5ip

2 жыл бұрын

This is just capitalism, at any opportunity the capitalist elite will ruin your life and environment for an extra penny

@connortopping6943

2 жыл бұрын

I think it should be private run but just should be a lot more regulated

@coraltown1

2 жыл бұрын

"What is that grey stuff?" .. "Oh, that's the ghost of Margaret Thatcher!"

@SCP--ck5ip

2 жыл бұрын

@@coraltown1 Oh, wait it's a pile of human excrement. Same difference.

@connortopping6943

2 жыл бұрын

@@coraltown1 lol do u know who Margret thatcher is, she believed in economic liberalism so basically regulate as little as possible. What I say is nowhere near her.

I have been a wastewater treatment plant professional for over 30 years her on the Pacific Northwest coast. This really is not acceptable behavior by a modern society. The regulators of environmental laws should have forced improvements after the problems were identified.

@Sneezyridr

2 жыл бұрын

Tijuana Mexico has been dumping 50 to 100 million gallons daily of untreated raw sewage into the ocean for decades without repercussions all the while contaminated so cal beaches and sea life.

@briangarrow448

2 жыл бұрын

@Read a #$&@ Book! If you think the BBC or CNN are the worst offenders of mindless dreck, you haven’t watched the content of Fauxnews, Newsmaxx or OANN.

@JD-vq7ln

2 жыл бұрын

@Read a #$&@ Book! Nobody asked

@Yeosprings

2 жыл бұрын

@Read a #$&@ Book! Then why are you watching?

@ianmangham4570

2 жыл бұрын

It started when the Thatcher government privatised all utilities

😡 It's crazy the Environment Agency has to be pressured to do the very job they exist to do! Maybe the job they actually have is to protect private Businesses, not the Environment.

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@jebbo-c1l

2 жыл бұрын

its because tory governments have cut their budget many times

@GrooveSpaceArk

Жыл бұрын

GET OVER IT KID! PEEPEEPOOPOO IS THE FUTURE!

@alkaholic4848

10 күн бұрын

Need to bring it back into public ownership. And send the previous owners to prison for criminal damage!

This is what happens when you privatise utilities, who they raise their rates, reduce staff and then their investors pocket the profits. They are insured against operational losses, which includes fines. I would like to know just what the EA meant by reviewing their approach to the way they handle pollution at the sewage works. Maybe 'working with the polluter to find a mutually acceptable solution ' is a lucrative strategy? I know that if my septic tank leaked and polluted the local river, they would have been down on me like a ton of bricks. I would be slapped with a fine, given an improvement order on an impossibly short timetable, if I couldn't comply they would carry out the necessary works themselves, slap me with the bill and another fine. One law for the rich ...

@bencooke2180

2 жыл бұрын

You are right. This is a resource that belongs to the people not an organisation. Water should also be free at no cost. If the rivers of the UK were clean many would have access to free drinking water.

@coraltown1

2 жыл бұрын

"What is that grey stuff?" .. "Oh, that's the ghost of Margaret Thatcher!"

@ianmangham4570

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@margarettee1380

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly the same as happened here too; the fruit of privatisation / profit-racketeering.

@3chords490

Жыл бұрын

It’s all a great big scam. The majority of the shareholders of these companies don’t even live here. What could possibly go wrong ?

Heartbreaking to see such a beautiful area trashed in 2022

@ianmangham4570

2 жыл бұрын

It's ALL OVER ENGLAND

The environment agency lost any small power it had years ago, it's been underfunded for a long time. It's rather sad that the government just don't give a crap (pardon the pun) about regulating corporations or even about fining them when they break the poor set of laws that already exist.

@jaaksavat7916

2 жыл бұрын

Same in Australia with the environmental protection authority being under authority of the neoliberal government

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

Another winner from Benny Hill & co.

@TheUltimateBlooper

2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile Sunak gave his banker cronies billions in tax cuts just a few months ago. Banker pockets are obviously more important than the environment. Think about that for a moment...

@mclarenf1gtr99

2 жыл бұрын

Big corps pay the governments to shut their mouths.

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheUltimateBlooper - to pay for the post banking crises tax breaks for the rich, Mrs Cameron cut public services, environmental included, in the guise of bringing down the national debt. But they've won a few elections since, so we're actually to blame TBH.

disgusting, privatising water companies was a huge mistake we can thank Thatcher and many other things for. No accountability and no care in the world for anything but profit

A 40% reduction by 2040?! Wow thank you so much. What a great government.

@factsoverfear9771

2 жыл бұрын

Nasty

@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz

2 жыл бұрын

Agenda 2030

@realangel777

2 жыл бұрын

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@SCP--ck5ip

2 жыл бұрын

That's the tories for ya!

it's like we've gone back to the 1700's when ''oh just dump it in the river and wash it away'' mentality was prevalent. Thank goodness the 1960's Hippy Flower Power Save the Earth movement gave us environmental protection LAWS that need to be enforced to collect the fines for the clean up and punish the wrong doers as an example.

@TrixiLovesYou

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, that was in the 19th century. In the 18th century people were dumping their excrement straight into the street right in front of your door. This next song is called "Drowning in your own shit." Thank you and good night.

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

Clean up? It's going into the oceans

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

@Loves Nature - considering the BS history that's taught in schools, I guess you were congratulating the OP?

@astra-rb6sz

3 ай бұрын

Yes only worse now with plastics and cans etc

Disgusting! Would be very worried to be in the water, you could have a tiny cut somewhere and end up losing a limb..

As an ex treatment plant operator for 26 years and a former construction worker I know that when people have an extension built or a big conservatory, instead of having a soak away to take the rain water which can cost a lot they opt to allow there run off to be put into the foul water system because it’s cheaper, thus when it rains millions of gallons of water flood the sewer system causing pollution, I wonder how many of the people moaning about pollution are responsible for it happening.

@5688gamble

Жыл бұрын

Individuals are often limited by how much money they earn and may find the extra cost of dealing with this unmanageable, the big companies have lots of money and there are meant to be laws prohibiting them from dumping that waste- they can better afford the costs of either increasing storage and treatment capacity or separating our waste water and storm overflow systems and it is roads that contribute most, large water proof surfaces that require miles of drainage- the run-off from the roof of someones extension or conservative is way less than the road outside their house- the big corporations want to blame us for everything! I am supposed to have water soaks, septic systems, insulation and solar panels installed on my house at MY expense because I am damaging the environment when energy and water companies aren't even maintaining our infrastructure- let alone performing upgrades? Meanwhile billionaires can feel free to hide on mega-yachts and have caviar flown in by helicopter, then hop on a private jet to the other side of the world for fun and feel no guilt. Purchasing offsets to shift the blame onto- an inevitably poorer- someone else? Don't think so! Problem is expecting individuals to take responsibility doesn't work, because their personal beliefs and economic situation become barriers- the blame needs to be placed squarely on those who deserve it- the mega-rich who can afford to make our world better but who continue to pollute and fail to change because it is not profitable- the same ones who make individuals too poor to do anything by hoarding all of our resources for themselves!

Finally UK rivers catching up with Asian rivers. Last time I checked oceans are connected. We need to do more on a global level.

Raw sewage was only released in the rivers and coast of Rio de Janeiro ONCE last year, starting on January 1st until December 31st.

@heldinahtmlhell

6 ай бұрын

I mean yeah, but how much of Rio doesn't have plumbing and a sewage system? 🤣 Google says about a third. And guess what all those people do with their sewage. It goes in the rivers and seas.

Tap water needs to be sorted aswell it's horrible I remember when it used to be alright

There's nothing quite like a day at the beach in Southend, building sandcastles of pure shite

@grahamjordan1040

2 жыл бұрын

Probably caused by people like you by putting rain water in the foul system

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

Awwww did I just shake someone's tree? 😭😭😭

Privatisation of these vital services was a deadly mistake. It doesn’t pay shear holders to keep the environment healthy. I love capitalism and the freedom to better one’s standing, but we the British public need a serious discussion about the running and ownership of our Gas, Electricity, Water companies etc. Robbing the people blind and contaminating the land we pay them to protect shouldn’t be allowed.

@TheUltimateBlooper

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually extremely simple to test such an idea in reality. Why would a private company want to do XYZ? To make money. Now... *where* exactly are they making that money..? And *is it moral* to be making money on this service..? I'm all up for public utilities being public, but then we also have a problem of corruption and squandering of public funds. It's as if good people never get into power for *some mysterious reason* - I wonder what that could be... Just thinking how Rishi Sunak gave his banker cronies billions in tax cuts a day before announcing energy prices sky-rocketing and energy companies gloating in record profits. It's as if there's an incentive to be a total scumbag when you're in power...

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

Capitalism is overrated - starting at the points you just stated.

@TheUltimateBlooper

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbong7852 Just like with everything in this universe - there needs to be a *balance*. Other social/economic models also have plenty of problems. But, at the end of the day, the ultimate problem is the same - humans. Whether it be hate, greed, sociopathy/psychopathy or whatever it is that makes some of them disregard everything good for personal gain. Good people only get to make the rules when they unite in great numbers, but good luck seeing that happen with any reasonable haste or harmony... History tells us that it always happens at the extremes, when it's already late and will take more time/force than would have otherwise been necessary.

@sands7779

Жыл бұрын

Thanes Water £14billion increase in debt over 32 years and £7billion increase in dividends. Investment to separately treat surface water from waste water has to be borne by either water customer or tax payer or else UK residents will have to get used to the environmental/ health/ legal costs of waste water and sewage being regularly dumped into their rivers and sea. With privatisation, the increased efficiency/ innovation/ revenue are supposed to create cash for dividends and investment.

Fining the companies don't help us -- the customers. They just end up rasing to the prices to compensate.

@SCP--ck5ip

2 жыл бұрын

Nationalise those companies without compensation, what are they gonna do? Call the police? Mate, we are the police?

I thought that dumping raw sewage in river/sea systems was illegal in first world countries.

@Larsino2000

2 жыл бұрын

Brexit mate. Its illegal in the EU.

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2 жыл бұрын

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@SCP--ck5ip

2 жыл бұрын

@@Larsino2000 It was happening before that too, I remember a panorama episode on it

@Yayo11111

2 жыл бұрын

Brown envelopes in the right hands will turn people the other way

@TheUltimateBlooper

2 жыл бұрын

@@Larsino2000 moron... do you really think this doesn't happen like...LITERALLY EVERYWHERE..? Germany is fighting the same, including bilge dumping. How about some education first, *before* you comment?

Yet we keep welcoming millions more to come & live in the UK, whilst the infrastructure is crumbling. Shall we have a little think about that BBC ???

@ahmedzahir2865

3 ай бұрын

That's your own excrement in the river not migrants. The government know they can get away with everything because people will not blame them.... everything is the migrants fault.

cancel your direct debits to water companies

I had a feeling those picturesque river valleys may have been hiding a secret.

@edmundtrebus4084

2 жыл бұрын

Aqua doggers?

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2 жыл бұрын

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@realangel777

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@bobbybroussard7789

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Susan how are you doing today

What happened to the excellent Feargal Sharkey interview citing sewage pollution issues on the river Test that followed on from this piece?

Even when the weather was normal they were still sending raw sewage down our stream and rivers. They give themselves big bonuses just like the Post Office and other privatised utilities.

A Total disregard and with the Backing of the Government too. The time has come to by pass this vile system and make sure we all say no to these pollution and poisoning of our rivers, animal, fish and nature a vile act with no respect shown of anything.

I can't stop going for a number two. I guess it's the water companies' problem. 💩

If a company keeps doing things badly in a public service, they should have their contracts cancelled and be replaced by another firm, not fined. Maybe we should nationalise things like water and electricity again, but our NHS is so inefficient and expensive, that I'd be reluctant to vote for that.

@SCP--ck5ip

2 жыл бұрын

I think if corporations keep doing this kinda stuff no matter the industry their companies should be nationalised without compensation with the possibility of being sold to keep the Conservatives happy

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

The NHS has been cut to shreds

@hurri7720

2 жыл бұрын

@Jason Devon , so you have apparently already swallowed the "NHS is so inefficient and expensive". If you feel you need expensive health care just look to the USA. They are looking to your NHS with dollars in their minds.

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

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@sands7779

Жыл бұрын

For Thames Water, debt increased by £14billion over 32 years and dividends increased by £7 billion. With privatisation, shareholders expect cost cutting and revenue increases to mainly go to them. Water customers do not want to pay the true cost of water treatment and infrastructure via larger bills or higher taxes to fund upgrade to deal with surface water separate from waste water.

Thanks Maggie!

They'll pay the fine and pass the cost on instead of cleaning it up

Wait the UK has problems with policies and controls ? I thought the UK was all about that ?

Got a government with a PM who doesn’t care about the state of his hair or who crosses our borders never mind our rivers so what’s expected

Why are the fines not recycled into financing these departments?

DO NOT FINE ANY OF THESE COMPANIES EVEN 1£ Fine all CEOs all of their yearly pay + Bonuses. This will make every CEO be in work everyday, making sure that all their managers are following EVERY LAW. PROBLEM SOLVED. Trickle down economics. Tell me this wouldn't work in every sector. 🤔

What has become of Boris Johnson's country? The politicians should be ashamed of themselves.

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

Boris Johnson is what has happened to it

The only way to make people responsible is to make everyone who works for these privatised entities criminally responsible INCLUDING THE SHAREHOLDERS.

The infrastructure is old and needs maintenance

So a couple million in fines, a week or two of bad coverage by news outlets and the process will continue. Not like things will change since a new major corporate scandal occurs every few months at home and or abroad

Levelling up baby!!! From strength to strength……

These people have children or grandchildren and if they don't care about them they certainly will not worry about you.

Therese Coffey should be fined and sacked for allowing this

Water supply should be renationalised

Everywere In the UK rivers and seas have failed safety tests, there all full.of sewerage and ecoli etc.

"Taking matters into their own hands." Self help is the best help.👌

@Simp_Zone

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Just like brexit!

Wondering if anything will be done about it or will it just happen again and be swept under the carpet.

These fines don't seem to working, the water companies don't seem to worried about them.

Private water companies, genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Want to help, don’t drop litter it gets blown into rivers and goes down stream into our seas

Isn't our system just wonderful.

@grahamjordan1040

2 жыл бұрын

It would be if people didn’t put rainwater into the foul water system but it’s cheaper than digging a soak away

This is horrible. People should raise voice against it.

Nasty Uk 🆘

privatisation... what could possibly go wrong?

As Parliament said the Environment Agency are toothless.

It’s always easier to pay fines then it is to fix a mess…

how about making them pay the customer back we are charged on our bills for supply and sewage cleaning so if they ain't doing it properly and they get found out fine them heavily and force them to pay their customers back

Its about time they brought their systems up to date. And used profits the to do it. Pointless fining the companies. They just pass it on to the customer

Why we funding the ea with fishing licences when clearly they are not fit for purpose

The CEO's running these companies need arresting under the new ecocide laws, this is criminal behavior.

The Water companies have taken £72 Billion in profits since privatisation, they should be made to make the upgrades & repairs without increasing customer charges!

Make all water back in the public hands nationalises them all again. Should never of been sold off

We need a serious punch in the face for allowing this to happen SO IRRESPONSIBLE!!! WE WILL PAY THE PRICE💔🥹

I've seen it along the canal I think, just dumping it on hot sunny days

Kudos to the citizens👏👏👏 Pity they are compelled to do the government's agencies' job (I mean a rotten excuse for a government)

wonder why this has been happening with increasing frequency over the last several years? Removing regulations isn't good.

The quality of our water is directly attributable to over population there are too many people in the uk

Yeh so as a kid I would happily swim in certain rivers and the sea now tho I look at it and I’m not so sure

This is what tory privatisation is all about... The government has almost crippled the environmental agency by non-funding. And this reporter is trying to make excuses... But, the bosses get bonuses.

I now understand why the British do not eat much seafood. Yum.

Surfers Against Sewage started in the 90s after surfers and swimmers where affected by pollution in the sea and 30 years later they are still fighting pollution in rivers and sea. 30 YEARS.

Wow. I feel like no one really took responsibility in the way of saying that they were going to put and end to it on this date…. Didn’t hear that at all. There still doing it I promise you that I hope those people stay out the water. Now I’m fixing to go test my local pond lol… man it’s so sad we don’t deserve to be on this planet.

I could smell SHITE and see it in the River Rother Chesterfield Derbyshire, that also flows into the Chesterfield Canal.

@ianmangham4570

2 жыл бұрын

@Chace Stout Fuzzy wuzzy was a woman!

Less people = solution to everything.

@raclark2730

2 жыл бұрын

You first then of you go.

@maalikserebryakov

Жыл бұрын

@@raclark2730 haha

Build new and bigger facilities Thank you

Lovely...

and big bonus for doing it

How can the government just let this happen?

@Andrew-ob5ij

2 жыл бұрын

Easy, the tories don’t care about anyone other than themselves.

@nickfba

2 жыл бұрын

@@Andrew-ob5ij how can anyone vote for them is beyond me

@edmundtrebus4084

2 жыл бұрын

Get rid of your own shit then

@gbenay

2 жыл бұрын

@@Andrew-ob5ij This was happening long before then.

@raclark2730

2 жыл бұрын

Carbon is more important than water quality, and more popular to screech about.

I'll bet the bosses had big bonuses.

375,000? They clearly don’t have the facilities to clean the soil water… why can’t they build more facilities?

Corruption and corruption is to the top level

its the modern Britian the British voter thinks its not important, the politician just react to what the majority of people find acceptable and discharging raw sewage into local rivers 375,000 times a year all year round is acceptable to majority of people who vote in elections

@TheUltimateBlooper

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody says it's acceptable and nobody (in their right mind) would "vote" to keep dumping into the rivers/oceans. The problem is more complicated than that - mainly that the environmental agencies and the govts are doing a pretty good job talking big while doing nothing. Why are you immediately blaming the population for what shifty-eyed corpo cronies are illegally doing to begin with? And are you really naive-enough to think that a change of a majority party will solve this issue? This issue (and many others) needs a radical change, from top to bottom + a large amount of finances. Something being illegal never stopped the criminals from doing what they do - otherwise this wouldn't be an issue, now would it? A mere election change would never make that big of an impact on all levels of all involved sectors, considering that we'd still have most of the same issues in terms of cronyism and financial limitations. Someone would also have to watch over the entire thing to keep everything in line, but then we face the never-ending question "who watches the watchmen?". Stick to ogling at bikes, you're probably far better at it than solving the world's issues or even recognising where they come from.

@maalikserebryakov

Жыл бұрын

@@TheUltimateBlooper i dont really care about sewage dumping in rivers n sea Dont see how it affects me just means i cant go swimming there and i dont swim anywayy

@TheUltimateBlooper

Жыл бұрын

@@maalikserebryakov I don't even know where to begin a response when you present yourself as a colossal idiot like that... Which country's pathetic educational system produced you?

I thought Englands rivers were already just raw sewage

@alexm566

2 жыл бұрын

in the Victorian era, yes.

That’s one way of doing it…

WIN!

Why do they allow flood water into sewage works? I think there should be separate drainage that diverts flood water away BEFORE it enters the sewage works. That way it's only clean flood water that's run into rivers and beaches. No problem!!?

Always take the sample 40cm under the water level, just saying

375K = all the time non-stop

If collectively we stopped paying our water bills in protest to the disgusting actions of the water companies, would this instigate a change in behaviours?

Its a joke the amount of waste dumped into rivers alot of blame is on property developers who are abusing our countryside

The people who profited from the privatisation of all our energy, rail and utilities have their money. Time to re-privatise and put the profits back into the services and not pay dividends to share holders.

It’s a crappy situation 🤣🤣

They never stop and you never stop telling us they never stop. But its all your fault citizens of the UK you really ought to stop going to the toilet

Hello, can I ask for some advice from you or those who know? I have 12 years of work experience in the field of repair, restoration and installation. I am a repairman, locksmith, welder.

Probably the holy Ganges is 10x cleaner.

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

Probably totally wrong!!! 😂😂😂

Thats wear it goes in rivers and oceans always did.

@raclark2730

2 жыл бұрын

Proper treatment helps. Not a priority compared to a harmless gas though.

@bobbybroussard7789

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

I wonder where all our money is being spent?

@WavScorn259

2 жыл бұрын

Its gone to covering the increased wages of useless politicians

@clivemay6877

2 жыл бұрын

Dividends for share holders.

That's probably too many times.

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2 жыл бұрын

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This what privatisation has caused thank you tories for polluting my country

@bobbybroussard7789

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Vicky how are you doing today

This is a creek not a river, come on!

People have to really fight to make government/agencies do the right thing! So backward!

When you agraiculture: Are you talking about the animals or the chemicals being sprayed on the grain growing all over the land now. Millions of tons of toxins.

just as well we have the tories to make this legal

IT’S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH. TOO MANY CHIEFS, ALL SITTING IN THEIR OFFICES, NEARING EITHER RETIREMENt or PROMOTION. GETTING “BONUSES” FOR CUTTING COSTS AND INCREASING PROFIT………which comes at a price to the community. …SHAME.