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Thames Water’s Secret Classroom: What Did They Teach Our Kids?

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Before the summer break, Thames Water was actively running “Debate Mate with Thames Water” workshops in local schools, youth clubs, and universities, focusing on the controversial TDRA (Thames Direct River Abstraction which we call the Thames Sewage Pump). While positioning this outreach as an educational community initiative, the water company’s actions raised serious alarms about …

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THE COMMUNITY SAYS NO TO THE THAMES SEWAGE PUMP

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Throughout July and August we saw and experienced an overwhelming and resounding ‘No to the Thames Sewage Pump’. Whilst many responses went directly, SOLAR gathered and handed in over 7,500 postcards, all rejecting the TDRA scheme. . Alongside the postcards were countless letters and detailed rejections sent directly to Thames Water, demonstrates the depth of …

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SOLAR SUBMITS ITS RESPONSE TO THE STATUTORY CONSULTATION

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As Save Our Lands and River we submitted our official response to Thames Water’s Statutory Consultation on the Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) project – known to us as the Thames Sewage Pump. SOLAR’s detailed response outlines why this project must be stopped. TDRA is a poor-value, ecologically damaging scheme that ignores greener, more sustainable …

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MARCH FOR CLEAN WATER

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SOLAR’s involvement in November’s March for Clean Water in Central London was highlighted in the recent Ham and Petersham Magazine. At the march, thousands of people gathered on the embankment and walked to Parliament Square to call for the (new) Government to step in to provide stronger regulation and guidelines on what a environmentally, sustainable …

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Solar writes to Steve Reed

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In September the Mayor of London announced that Teddington is one of his four new selected open water swimming spots for London. As it set out on the GLA’s website the Mayor will bring together local communities, companies, government agencies, charities and campaigners to develop an ambitious 10-year plan that will see the river at Teddington become a place that is …

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The travails of Thames Water: leaks, dumps and lack of funds

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Over the last few months, it appears that not one week has gone by without more shocking revelations about the performance of Thames Water.  Whether that be in their negotiations with investors, their strained relationship with Ofwat, their seemingly constant discharge of untreated sewage or their failure to meet leak targets. Headlines building on headlines, …

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