Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
![www.theguardian.com](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/99893a27684a963a035b6227525d9db4ee06a0d3/0_295_4500_2700/master/4500.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=d076847e606165b194ee0d7217bfe0a2)
Three water firms face record total £168m fine after sewage investigation
Ofwat to penalise Thames, Northumbrian and Yorkshire for ‘catalogue of failure’ over illegal discharges
Its sort of welcome I suppose. Bbut what is to stop these bandits from putting their prices up to pay the ffine,?
At the same time paying out undeserved bonuses.
These companies need to be smashed and taken into public ownership.