It's everyone's water
Our purpose is to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive.
Water is life’s great leveler. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.
But the truth is, keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from the condition of our pipes to the water levels of our local rivers.
As the number of people living in our area grows, we need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever.
Our path to a new world of water
In 2021, we launched our eight-year turnaround plan. Our aim is to always deliver brilliant customer service and environmental performance – they are the biggest priorities for our turnaround plan.
The three focus areas of our plan remain the same: fix the basics, raise the bar and shape the future.
Fixing today and building resilience for tomorrow
We’re acting now using our expertise to solve urgent problems in three areas including our network, environment, and our customer experience. As well as putting plans in place for 2050 and beyond.
Upgrading our water network
Investing in miles of pipes
Over the next two years we're investing £200 million to replace water mains and cut down on leaks. Take a look how we're fixing and upgrading our network.
Taking steps to future proof
For the next 100 years we’re future-proofing the network. We have over 200 teams working round the clock finding and fixing over 1,300 leaks per week. Find out how we're tackling leaks.
Detecting leaks
We’re helping to detect thousands of leaks in customers' homes with smart meters. Smart meters also give you more control over your water use to help you save money and water.
Improving our long-term impact on the environment
Ensuring a dependable service
We’re doubling our network investment and upgrading over 200 sewage treatment works and kilometres of sewer pipes to help improve local river health and our service.
Protecting our much-loved rivers
We want to do more to help our much-loved rivers. That’s why we're working hard to protect our rivers with a range of river health projects.
Reducing spills in the tidal Thames
By taking over the Thames Tideway Tunnel we are helping to reduce spills by 95% which is the biggest spills reduction project ever.
Working with communities
We’re working collaboratively with farmers, fishermen and other water companies to help local rivers thrive. View our smarter water catchment programmes.
Providing a better customer experience
Supporting more customers
We’re helping to support 53,000 more customers over the next year with our affordability schemes. Find out more about our Priority Services.
Bringing call centres back to the UK
To answer your calls quicker than ever, we’re bringing call centres back to the UK. This has helped reduce complaints by 43% in the first six months of 2022-23.
Thank you for playing your part
With over 7,000 employees here at Team Thames, each and every one of us cares about the role we play.
Along with those of our regulators, the government and local campaigners, your actions can protect life’s most precious resource. From saving water with shorter showers to only flushing the three Ps (pee, poo and paper) down the loo, you’re making a difference too.
See how you could save water with our water saving tips.
Thank you for helping us keep taps flowing for generations to come.
