Thames Water will run out of cash by March without £3bn emergency funding

Britain’s biggest water supplier reports 40% increase in pollution incidents, blaming a wet spring and summer

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Thames Water will run out of cash by March next year if it fails to secure court approval for a £3bn financial lifeline, the troubled utilities company has said.

Britain’s biggest water supplier said on Tuesday that all of its funds may be “exhausted” if it fails to secure the emergency funding and that its much-criticised environmental performance had worsened.