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Floods, explosions and asbestos: Thames Water faces potential problems on all fronts

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Sarah Bentley and Sarah Albon met at Beckton sewage treatment works in east London .

They discussed how assets at the water company had deteriorated so much that some now posed a risk to public safety.

Bentley was trying to garner support for negotiations with the regulator, Ofwat , which had been resolute that Thames could not increase water bills unless services improved.

This presented a catch-22 ’ as poor performance was symptomatic of decades of underinvestment.

Fresh costs are mounting, adding to the existing public figure of 19bn for repairs to Thames’s assets.

Sources said about 5bn extra needed so far, sources told the Guardian and documents suggest.

Some of the urgent repairs include reservoirs, such as in Putney Heath , without which Thames does not believe it could sustain supplies in a period of drought or during extensive periods of flooding.

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