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Fraud Charges to Proceed against ex-Southern Water Staff
JAMES ARNOLD-HO Former Southern Water boss Matthew Wright and three other former employees are facing prosecution over allegations that they manipulated wastewater test results. A High Court ruling on 22…
NEWS IN BRIEF
Change at the top Hastings Borough Council has appointed an interim Chief Executive on a part-time job-share basis. Robert Cottrill will share the role with Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough…
Southern Water Plans for Hastings Evoke Sceptical Response
PAUL MCLAUGHLIN In the week when Southern Water unveiled “ambitious, multi-million pound investment plans” to upgrade water infrastructure and quality across Hastings, Moody’s, the global rating agency, downgraded the privatised…
Burst Pipe Replacement ‘Wasn’t Necessary’
HUGH SULLIVAN HIP recently reported that in 2007 Southern Water obtained planning permission from Rother District Council to replace the mains supply pipeline on the basis that it was “outworn”.…
Southern Water – Another Day, Another Mess
KATE SHAW There is real public outrage about the sewage pollution in our seas and rivers. Last Saturday (18 May) communities around the UK came together in a national day…
Water Bill Boycott: Town Hall Event
There is something about the impunity with which England’s water companies are allowed to dump sewage into our rivers and seas: it seems emblematic of the corruption and gross inequality…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
We Won’t Pay for Environmental Vandalism
KATY WEITZ They are the new refuseniks: individuals who have stopped paying private water companies for ‘wastewater services’ in protest at persistent sewage spills. They argue that while the water…