Thames Water has upped its drought level plans given the driest spring for decades. Chris Weston - amid defending his ...

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.

Water companies are in the headlines a lot at the moment. The largest – Thames Water – has been close to insolvency, and ...

Tideway said the super sewer will reduce sewage pollution into the river by 95%.Thames Water will then operate the system as part of its London wastewater network. The King met construction ...

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 ...

King Charles has told workers at the Thames Tideway Tunnel a "humongous horror" of rain is bound to fall. He was responding to the information the "super sewer" worked better when it rained ...

It cost more than $6 billion, funded by private capital up front and paid back by a surcharge on Londoners’ water ... sewage and rain flow into the same pipes. Storms frequently overwhelmed the system ...