How our water went to shit

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Privatisation was meant to revitalise a public good. Instead, it left

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Prospect Magazine

16 July 2025

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Arthur’s archive

Historian Keith looks back 44 years to when the government split the responsibilities of the country’s water utility companies...

Best - UK

Do you fancy a dip?

We’re a nation of water babies, with the trend for wild swimming showing no sign of waning. But what are we swimming in? Untreated raw sewage pollutes our blue spaces, as best investigates…

The Week UK

Companies in the news and how they were assessed

CITY

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Tales from the riverbank

How to admire and protect our wonderful waterways in the UK

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It wasn’t all bad

The world’s biggest digital camera telescope has started ...

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