£435mn to build a sewage works in England, £29mn in Denmark. Tell us again how a privatised water system brings efficiency & value for money? www.theguardian.com/business/202... - ThreadSky

watershed-i.bsky.social • 9 days ago

£435mn to build a sewage works in England, £29mn in Denmark. Tell us again how a privatised water system brings efficiency & value for money?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/23/ofwat-investigating-rip-off-cost-of-water-firms-infrastructure-works

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unseen-menace.bsky.social•4 days ago

Get a Danish company to do it then! Of course that would be a lot easier if we were still in the EU 😛

martinattrill.bsky.social•9 days ago

See also high speed trains…

watershed-i.bsky.social•9 days ago

Indeed! And, for that matter, Denmark also has much stricter limits on PFAS in tap water.

martinattrill.bsky.social•9 days ago

And our household bill for SW Water this year is £1745…. Biggest con ever

watershed-i.bsky.social•9 days ago

In a crowded field, SouthWest Water bills are particularly outrageous

maspiers.bsky.social•6 days ago

not sure how that relates to the cost of a wastewater treatment plant

jackiethewise-ish.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's every uk govt contract -the whole lot need to be sorted.

sh1882.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ofwat aren't doing anything other than turning a blind eye.

judeet44.bsky.social•4 days ago

UK water is owned by foreigners...they're only interested in the share dividends. They do not have UK's best interests at heart, well colour me surprised. Get a Chinese team in, they'd do it on/under budget, they're good at that kind of stuff. They don't fuck about.