Rejected petition Renationalize the water companies in England.

renationalize the water companies in England and hold to account the senior managers who have allowed 1000 of gallons of contaminated waste to enter our rivers and sea.
Ensure our drinking water is still safe to drink.

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Take operations of water treatment and provision of safe drinking water out of private hands and back into public ownership.
Ensure a independent body physically tests water quality and not just checks data provided by company's involved.
Make it a criminal offence to mislead or withhold information to government, member of the public or bodies responsible for measuring discharge of waste and quality of drinking water.

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Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757426

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Date submitted 24 February 2026
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