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Tag Archives: Thames Water
South Norwood high street suffers Thames Water torture
Long-suffering South Norwood residents have been having to deal with more traffic gridlock in and around the high street, after private utility giant Thames Water broke an undertaking to have a new leakage repaired within a week. A water main … Continue reading
Posted in South Norwood
Tagged Norwood Junction, Portland Road, South Norwood, Thames Water
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Latest leak from City Hall: London faces a water crisis
London is facing a water crisis. That’s according to a report from Leonie Cooper, Labour’s spokesperson on the environment at the London Assembly. Running out or Flooded out? warns that London’s changing climate, loss of green space, growing population and … Continue reading
Posted in London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Leonie Cooper, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Thames Water
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Damning evidence of lack of any real flooding strategy
It is six weeks since flood alerts were issued to residents in the south of the borough. A local primary school remains closed, the A22 Godstone Road has yet to fully re-open, and some people’s back gardens remained under water … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, London-wide issues, Planning, Purley, Surrey
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, floods, floodwater, Kenley, London, Purley, Surrey, Thames Water, Woldingham
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Army starts work on temporary dam as flooding hits Coulsdon
The worst may be over, but works continue to mop-up after the floods, and to try to reduce the threat of more flooding in the valleys to the south of Croydon. Army engineers were in action again yesterday, constructing a … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Environment, Gardening, Kenley, Purley
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Croydon Council, flooding, floods, Kenley, London Assembly, Purley, South Croydon, Surrey, Thames Water
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Thames Water’s dismal record and their 20% water rate hike
So, apres le deluge… Two weeks since Croydon Council declared a Major Incident around Kenley water treatment works, and a week’s drier weather has enabled the mopping-up process to get underway following the floods in the south of the borough. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, London-wide issues, Purley, Roke Primary
Tagged Croydon, Croydon South, flooding, floods, Kenley, London, Purley, South Croydon, Surrey, Thames Water
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You’re dung for! Coulsdon and Waddon on sludge lorry route
There will be only five more years of stink for north Croydon residents and Purley Way shoppers to suffer when the malodorous winds blow from Beddington sewage farm. That’s the hope that Thames Water officials imparted to two public meetings … Continue reading
