牛津市理事会敦促联合王国对污水处理和服务故障问题采取泰晤士河供水公共行动。 Oxford City Council urges UK to take Thames Water public over sewage and service failures.

牛津市议会一致支持一项动议,敦促联合王国政府将泰晤士河水(Thames Water)纳入公共所有制,理由是目前存在污水溢漏、断水和环境破坏,包括2024年近30万小时的原始污水排放。 Oxford City Council has unanimously backed a motion urging the UK government to bring Thames Water into public ownership, citing ongoing sewage spills, water outages, and environmental damage, including nearly 300,000 hours of raw sewage discharge in 2024. 工党、绿党和独立党的理事批评该公司的服务和基础设施很差, Councillors from Labour, the Greens, and independents criticized the company’s poor service and infrastructure, linking failures to stalled housing projects. 自由民主党投了弃权票,而是赞成特别行政当局。 The Liberal Democrats abstained, favoring special administration instead. 泰晤士河水公司维护其目前的周转计划,警告公共所有权可能会拖延进展并增加成本。 Thames Water defended its current turnaround plan, warning public ownership could delay progress and increase costs. 这一举动遵循了类似的2023年决议,并随着联合王国取代Ofwat水监管者而出现。 The move follows a similar 2023 resolution and comes as the UK replaces water regulator Ofwat.