#Trump is proposing to cut, by $2.4B, a program that offers low-cost financing for #WaterQuality projects, targeting the largest source of federal funds for #DrinkingWater utilities, #sewage treatment plants & other #infrastructure like #water #pipes.
The program had gotten a major boost under #Biden’s #infrastructure #law. But Trump claims the money was “heavily earmarked by the #Congress for projects that are ultimately not repaid into the program, & bypass states’ interest & planning.”
Espinho Loses 3 Blue Flag Beaches Due to Years of Neglect
For over a decade, successive city council administrations have failed to maintain pumping stations and keep the sewerage network in proper condition, leading to the loss of three Blue Flag beaches.
#sewage #sea #ocean #beach #coast #pollution #health
https://onda7.blogspot.com/2025/05/espinho-frente-azul-seca-e-silvalde.html
Rescuers have recovered the body of a truck driver who was swallowed by a huge sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture three months ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/02/japan/saitama-sinkhole-driver-body-recovered/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yashio #saitama #sinkholes #sewage
A massive underground water leak early Wednesday flooded streets near a busy intersection in central Kyoto, potentially disrupting water supplies for approximately 6,000 households in the area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/japan/kyoto-street-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kyoto #water #sewage
https://www.alojapan.com/1261624/underground-water-leak-floods-kyoto-streets/ Underground water leak floods Kyoto streets #Kyoto #KyotoTopics #sewage #water #京都 #京都府 A massive underground water leak early Wednesday flooded streets near a busy intersection on a national route in central Kyoto, potentially disrupting water supplies for approximately 6,000 households in the area. The incident occurred at an intersection on National Route 1 in the city’s Shimogyo Ward. City officials believe the aging water pipe, built 65< …
Over 20% of water pipes across Japan have exceeded their legal service life of 40 years, but many municipalities are struggling to deal with the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/outdated-water-pipes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #water #sewage #saitama #yashio #disasterpreparedness
Looking at the latest water company scandals
https://youtu.be/wdjzJ9dCxnc?si=qI2NsmFDpOOnpk0h
#watercompanies #watercompany #watercompanycrisis #sewage #SewageScandal
As you will recall, Private Equity giant KKR (they of Barbarians at the Gate fame), has become the preferred bidder for Thames Water.... and so keen are Thames Water to keep their cash cow out of the hands of the state they are paying a substantial proportion of the costs of the KKR team undertaking some extensive due diligence ahead of any formal bid.
No conflicts of interest there, I'm sure....
#ThamesWater #water #sewage #PrivateEquity
h/t FT
You'll be unsurprised to know that while the Government review of the water & sewage sector has OFWAT in its sights for possible abolition & replacement, the National Audit Office has concluded the the regulators responsible for overseeing the water sector lack a 'good understanding' of the assets & sector they are intended to regulate...
Its a classic example of how corporate capture of regulators leads to 'learned helplessness' then post-privatisation water regulation.
Sewage pollution UK
17 May 2025: Paddle-Out Protests are back!
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https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/our-water-quality-campaigns/paddleoutprotest/
NIMBY "Not in my backyard": ‘Smelling that odour’: Residents oppose site of future Sewage Treatment Plant in St. Thomas, Ontario. #Canada #NIMBY #Wastewater #sewage #infrastructure https://www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/article/smelling-that-odour-residents-oppose-site-of-future-sewage-treatment-plant-in-st-thomas-ont/
NIMBY "Not in my backyard": ‘Smelling that odour’: Residents oppose site of future Sewage Treatment Plant in St. Thomas, Ontario. #Canada #NIMBY #Wastewater #sewage #infrastructure https://www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/article/smelling-that-odour-residents-oppose-site-of-future-sewage-treatment-plant-in-st-thomas-ont/
Kicking up a stink: row over sewage pollution blighting Cape Town’s beaches https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/17/kicking-up-a-stink-row-over-sewage-pollution-blighting-cape-towns-beaches
शिमला के सुन्नी में सीवरेज ट्रीटमेंट प्लांट से फैली दुर्गंध: स्थानीय लोग परेशान, जल शक्ति विभाग को समाधान का निर्देश
#Sewage #treatment #plant #Shimla #HimachalPradesh
The government has set up a water commission to conduct the biggest review since privatisation. I just asked them to back bringing water companies into public ownership. Join me by sending the email here in just 60 seconds. https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/water-commission
#water #sewage #PublicOwnership
Thames Water claims that the costs of upgrading & repairing sewage plants has risen by around ten times in the last four years... as a defence for why the work is taking so long.
Rather than being an issue of inflation & UK-related costs, it would seem more likely that maintenance costs (and liabilities) were previously massively under-stated to 'allow' for the draining of cash from the business while not catching OFTWAT's (albeit myopic) attention!
Its corruption!
This is England 🇬🇧
"Sewage in England’s rivers and seas – in pictures"
The Guardian
@NorthantsGreens they literally expect us to tolerate this shit while the Shareholders get their profit
