Britain's Thames Water completes initial debt lifeline drawdown
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on August 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on August 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026

Thames Water has secured a £1.5 billion debt lifeline, ensuring liquidity until mid-December. Future funding could extend support to 2026.
(Reuters) -Britain's Thames Water said on Friday it has drawn the remaining available amount of its first 1.5 billion-pound ($2.03 billion) tranche of its debt lifeline, securing the company's liquidity needs until at least mid-December.
The second tranche of the 1.5 billion-pound super senior facility is expected, if and when it becomes available, to provide liquidity until at least September 2026, Thames Water said, provided certain conditions are met.
($1 = 0.7380 pounds)
(Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru)
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