A Third of Our Water Is Wasted in Leaks Every Single Day ; Peers Call for Heavy Fines Against Thames Water and Warn Bosses 'No More Excuses'
Evening Standard - London › June 06, 2006
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THAMES WATER has been losing a third of the water it supplies, according to a hard-hitting report today.
A House of Lords committee told the company it must stop making excuses for the worst leakage rate in the country.See the full content of this document
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A Third of Our Water Is Wasted in Leaks Every Single Day ; Peers Call for Heavy Fines Against Thames Water and Warn Bosses 'No More Excuses'
If the firm cannot stem the losses then it should be hit with hefty fines to punish it for wasting millions of gallons a day, say the peers.
Thames Water has imposed a hosepipe ban on London and is warning that even more stringent measures may be needed this summer to combat the worst shortage since 1976.The Earl of Selborne, chairman of the Lords subcommittee on science...See the full content of this document
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