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Thames Water is Failing: is it the end for UK's largest Water Company?


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Over the past months, Thames Water:

- announced a £1 Billion loss

- received a £51 Million fine

- kept serving 15 million customers

- let raw sewage spill for 75'000 hours

- piled up £14 Billion in debt

- lost 10'500'000 wheelbarrows of water

- lost its CEO


How concerning is all of this for UK's largest water company? Let's review!


00:00 Thames Water is in Troubled Water

00:21 Thames Water got fined for repeated failure

01:11 Thames Water's n°1 Problem

01:41 The history of the UK Water scene

02:08 Is Water a License to Print Money?

02:57 Thames Water's owmership history

03:54 Why so much debt?

04:43 Thames Water's infrastructure is in bad shape

06:05 the Thames Water investment paradox

07:38 What's next for Thames Water?

08:27 What's to learn from Thames Water's trouble?


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