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Britain's Water Crisis: Fifty Years of Warnings, Zero Years of Action

• via Sky News

Britain's Water Crisis: Fifty Years of Warnings, Zero Years of Action

Decades of Neglect Lead to Imminent Shortages

Britain is facing a drinking water crisis that experts have warned about for nearly half a century. Despite repeated droughts and clear predictions, the government's response has been inadequate, with infrastructure leaking vast amounts of water daily. This crisis is not sudden but the result of decades of institutional failure across multiple governments.

The £518 Million Mirage: How Thames Water Turned London's Water Security Into a Financial Extraction Scheme

• via The Guardian

The £518 Million Mirage: How Thames Water Turned London's Water Security Into a Financial Extraction Scheme

Desalination Disaster and the Illusion of Infrastructure

Thames Water's £518 million desalination plant, built to secure London's water supply, has produced a mere seven days' worth of water over 15 years. This exposé reveals how the plant, plagued by operational failures and exorbitant costs, serves more as a financial asset for debt accumulation than a functional piece of infrastructure. As the company seeks another £535 million for a new project, the story highlights the systemic issues in Britain's privatised water industry, where public service is secondary to wealth extraction.

Delete Your Emails While We Build 6GW of AI Data Centers: Britain's Water Crisis Response Reaches Peak Absurdity

• via The Independent

Delete Your Emails While We Build 6GW of AI Data Centers: Britain's Water Crisis Response Reaches Peak Absurdity

If you believe deleting emails saves water, wait until you see our AI plans.

While the Environment Agency asks Britons to delete old emails to save water, the government plans a threefold increase in AI data center capacity, consuming billions of litres annually. This contradiction highlights the systemic failures of British governance, where performative individual actions replace real infrastructure solutions.

The Sewage State: How England's Water Crisis Exposes Total Institutional Collapse

• via The Guardian

The Sewage State: How England's Water Crisis Exposes Total Institutional Collapse

The UK's water crisis is a textbook case of how privatized monopolies plunder public goods

English water companies dumped raw sewage into rivers and seas at record-breaking levels in 2024, with serious pollution incidents surging 60% in a single year. While politicians promised a crackdown on water pollution, the reality is stark: 75 serious incidents poisoned waterways last year, up from 47 in 2023.