It cost more than $6 billion, funded by private capital up front and paid back by a surcharge on Londoners’ water ... sewage ...

Water company bosses who cover up illegal ... s biggest water company, Thames Water, faces debts of £19bn and was responsible for almost 300,000 hours of raw sewage being pumped into waterways ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Thames Water has estimated the cost of upgrading its flagship Oxford sewage works has risen from £40mn to ...

A spokesman for Thames Water said: "We are currently dealing with a broken sewer pipe in Ley Hill. "While we carry out the work, the wastewater is being transported to Chesham sewage treatment works ...

London has a combined sewer system, which means sewage and rain flow into the same pipes. Storms frequently ... kayakers share the Thames with industrial ships and water taxis.