It’s been the wettest April on record in Britain, yet large parts of the country still have drought warnings and hosepipe bans. How is that possible? Could it just be that the water companies have been selling off reservoirs:
Gary Smith, GMB National Secretary for Water, accused Thames Water of “mismanagement†of the south-east of England’s water supplies.
He said: “It is simple mismanagement. A major city like London has run out of water twice in the space of five years. Thames Water must recognise that this is dismal water management in a country that is filled with water.
Its analysis found that 25 “bulk water storage facilities†in the south-east closed since the 1980s, including sites at Stoke Newington, Hornsey and Barnes.
That’s what you get when companies are allowed to profit from a necessity of life.
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