Troubled waters: How the UK's water companies became a national disgrace
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Troubled waters: How the UK's water companies became a national disgrace
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"Dependable water systems are one of the core foundations upon which societies are built. From immense Roman aqueducts to grand Victorian sewers, plumbing has underpinned public health, enabled cities to grow, and pushed oncedeadly diseases like cholera and typhoid to the margins. Yet in the UK today, this foundation is cracking with widespread outages, sewagechoked rivers, and water companies struggling to deliver the very basics they were created to guarantee."
The Independent deploys reporters across issues including reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, and relies on reader donations to fund reporting while keeping content free of paywalls. The outlet investigates financial and political ties and produces documentaries spotlighting activists fighting for reproductive rights. On-the-ground journalism presents multiple perspectives. UK water infrastructure shows historical roots from Roman aqueducts to Victorian sewers, but current failures include widespread outages, sewage-choked rivers, and thousands of properties left without water, producing immediate sanitation and public-health crises.
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