Thames Water slammed as 'disgraceful' amid Oxfordshire water outages and sewage spills

GMB Union, which represents thousands of water workers, has today reacted to news that Oxfordshire residents have once again been left without water due to a burst pipe.

The outage in Chipping Norton comes just weeks after a similar incident in the county and on the same day that a water treatment site in South Oxfordshire, South Moreton sewage treatment works, was identified by campaigners as Thames Water’s worst offender for sewage spills.

Cliff Roney, former water worker, GMB activist, and contributor to Channel 4’s Dirty Business, said:

“Thames Water hiked bills by 31 per cent last year and yet ordinary people are going days without water and still seeing sewage dumped in their waterways.

“The way in which Thames Water is run is disgraceful, and residents in Oxfordshire and across the country are crying out for change.

“We urgently need to nationalise water to protect consumers, water workers, and our natural world before it’s too late.”