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Thames Water Utilities Limited Moody’s ratings action

24/07 12:00

Thames Water Utilities Limited (“TWUL” or the “Company”) notes the rating downgrades published today by Moody’s Ratings (“Moody’s”). Moody’s has downgraded its corporate family rating (“CFR”) to Ba2, Class A debt rating to Ba1 and Class B debt rating to B3.  All these ratings maintain a negative outlook.

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New Programme Partner appointed to support delivery of future water resources

22/07 09:30

Thames Water has appointed Turner & Townsend to help deliver a range of nationally significant water supply projects, to meet the needs of a growing population and the effects of climate change, including hotter and drier summers.

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Textiles company ordered to pay £71,000 for sewer abuse offences

16/07 13:30

Thames Water have been cracking down on industrial sewer abuse against Ivo Textiles, which was found to have breached the conditions of their industrial waste agreement.

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Thames Water Utilities Limited responds to Ofwat’s draft determination for Price Review 24 (PR24)

11/07 09:00

Thames Water Utilities Limited has received its draft determination from Ofwat. This sets out Ofwat’s detailed view of the running costs, service levels and investments Thames Water would make over the period 2025-2030.

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Thames Water Utilities Limited Annual Results for the year to 31 March 2024

09/07 06:00

The challenges we face are well documented, but our operational and financial performance for the last year show good progress, and these positive results provide the right foundations on which to build and improve.

Thames Water is updating designs for its proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction project

Thames Water announces updated design changes to its Teddington Direct River Abstraction project

08/07 14:30

Thames Water is making a series of design changes to the Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) project, following feedback from over 2,000 community members during its autumn 2023 public consultation.

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Public events supporting Thames Water’s Oxfordshire reservoir consultation begin this week

25/06 09:00

Thames Water is encouraging customers, communities and stakeholders to have their say on plans for a proposed new reservoir near Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Arup Binnies joint venture sign contracts with Thames Water's Strategic Resource Options team

Thames Water appoints new Technical Partner for Oxfordshire reservoir proposal

21/06 11:00

Thames Water has appointed Arup and Binnies (Arup Binnies joint venture) as its Technical Partner to lead development proposals for a vital new reservoir near Abingdon, in Oxfordshire.

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Thames Water accelerates plans to secure South East's future water supply

05/06 10:00

Thames Water has launched a public consultation on its proposals for a new reservoir near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, a nationally significant infrastructure project that is vital to securing the South East’s future water supply.

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Thames Water issues do not drink tap water notice to over 600 Bramley properties (GU5, Surrey)

30/05 20:00

Thames Water is today (Thursday 30 May 2024) introducing a precautionary ‘do not drink’ notice to over 600 Bramley households. 

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Thames Water wins share of £40 million in Ofwat’s latest Water Breakthrough Challenge

16/05 07:00

Thames Water wins share of £40 million in Ofwat’s latest Water Breakthrough Challenge. 

An illegal standpipe is connected to the Thames Water network in front of a Go Plant vehicle.

Fleet services company to pay £52,000 of fines and costs for repeatedly connecting to Thames Water’s water network illegally

14/05 12:00

Thames Water is clamping down on illegal water connections, with fleet services company, Go Plant Ltd, enforced to pay £52,000 in fines and costs for repeatedly connecting unauthorised and unlicenced standpipes over the past five years.