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Water Industry Act 1991
The Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament consolidating previous enactments relating to the water supply and the provision of wastewater services in England and Wales. It further implemented recommendations of the Law Commission. Arrangement The Act is divided into eight parts and a further 15 Schedules are attached Sections *Part 1 deals with the appointment and duties of the ''Director General of Water Services''. *Part 2 deals with appointment and regulation of ''Undertakers'', the private sector water companies responsible for maintaining the water supply system in the United Kingdom. *Part 3 deals with the duties of the water companies with respect to water supply in England and Wales, *Part 4 deals with the duties of the water companies with respect to sewerage. *Part 5 deals with the financial provisions for operating the system *Part 6 gives the water companies certain powers in order to discharge their duties. *Part 7 deals with the ...
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Wessex Water
Wessex Water Services Limited, known as Wessex Water, is a water supply and sewerage utility company serving an area of South West England, covering 10,000 square kilometres including Bristol, most of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire and parts of Gloucestershire and Hampshire. Wessex Water supplies 1.3 million people with around 285 million litres of water a day. It is regulated under the Water Industry Act 1991. In 2016, the company had about 2,100 employees. Wessex Water is owned by the Malaysian power company YTL Corporation. Its headquarters are on the outskirts of Bath in Claverton Down, in a modern energy-efficient building by Bennetts Associates and Buro Happold. History The company originated as the Wessex Water Authority, one of ten regional water authorities established by the Water Act 1973 which were privatised in 1989. Wessex Water Services Limited was purchased by American company Enron in 1998 for $2.4 billion and placed in a newly formed subsidiary, ...
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Three Valleys Water
Veolia Water Central (formerly Three Valleys Water) was a privately owned company supplying water to Hertfordshire and parts of Surrey, North London and Bedfordshire, in England. It was owned by Veolia Environnement, a French company with international interests in the water, waste management, energy and transportation sectors. Veolia Water Central was sold along with its sister companies Veolia Water Southeast and Veolia Water East to Morgan Stanley and M&G Investments in 2012. The three companies were merged to form Affinity Water on 1 October 2012. History The company was formed as Three Valleys Water in 1994 by the merger of the Colne Valley, Rickmansworth and Lee Valley Water companies. North Surrey Water joined the group in October 2000. The company was renamed Veolia Water Central Limited in 2009. In 2012, following the sale of Veolia Water's UK water supply business, it was merged with Veolia Water Southeast and Veolia Water East to form Affinity Water on 1 October 201 ...
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Tendring Hundred Water
Veolia Water East, formerly known as Tendring Hundred Water Services, was a privately owned company supplying water to the Tendring peninsula in north east Essex within an area of . In July 2009, the company, a subsidiary of Veolia Water UK since 1989, part of Veolia Environment, changed its name from Tendring Hundred Water. In 2012, following the sale of Veolia Water's UK water supply business, it was merged with Veolia Water Southeast and Veolia Water Central to form Affinity Water on 1 October 2012. See also *Waste management *Water privatization *Water supply Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. Thes ... References External links * Veolia Former water companies of England Companies based in Essex Food and drink companies established in 1989 Food and drink ...
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Sutton And East Surrey Water
Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Stu-Sz#Su, location * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire * Sutton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire * Sutton, Newton, Cheshire * Sutton, Cheshire East, a civil parish in Cheshire ** Sutton Lane Ends, a village in Cheshire * Sutton Weaver, Cheshire West and Chester * Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire * Guilden Sutton, Chester, Cheshire * Little Sutton, Cheshire, Ellesmere Port * Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire * Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire * Sutton, Devon, a hamlet near Kingsbridge * Sutton, a historic name of Plymouth, Devon ** Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, Devon * Sutton Waldron, Dorset * Sutton, Essex * Long Sutton, Hampshire * Sutton Scotney, Hampshire * Sutton, Herefordshire * East Sutton, Kent * Sutton, Kent * Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley, Dartford, Kent * Su ...
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South Staffordshire Water
South Staffordshire Water plc known as South Staffs Water is a UK water supply company owned by a privately owned utilities company serving parts of Staffordshire the West Midlands as well as small areas of surrounding counties in England. South Staffordshire Water plc is part of South Staffordshire plc. It purchased Cambridge Water in 2011. In 2013, KKR & Co. L.P., a company registered in the United States of America, acquired South Staffordshire Water from Alinda Infrastructure Fund. As of April 2018, KKR & Co. L.P., has agreed to sell its 75% equity stake in South Staffordshire plc tArjun Infrastructure Partners (AIP) This deal will include South Staffs Water (SSW) and its non-regulated businesses, SSI Services and Echo Managed Services. Company South Staffordshire Water provides drinking water to 1.6 million consumers and supplies 330 million litres of water every day across a network of pipes that total in length to approximately 500,000 homes and 36,000& ...
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South East Water
South East Water is a UK supplier of drinking water to 2.2 million consumers in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire and is a private limited company registered in England and Wales. South East Water is at least 75% owned by entities domiciled outside of the United Kingdom. Each day the company supplies on average 521 million litres of drinking water from its 83 water treatment works and manages more than 14,500 kilometres (about 9,000 miles) of its water mains. The company's supply area covers 5,657 square kilometres. The company takes water from rivers, reservoirs at Ardingly and Arlington, and underground sources (aquifers) under abstraction licences issued by the Environment Agency. The present company came into existence in December 2007 by a merger of Mid Kent Water and an earlier separate company with the name of South East Water, thus uniting two water companies in the South East of England. South East Water was one of eleven water providers fined by the wa ...
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Portsmouth Water
Portsmouth Water is the utility company responsible for water supply and distribution in the City of Portsmouth, part of East Hampshire and part of West Sussex. Places served include Gosport, Fareham, Portsmouth, Havant, Chichester, and Bognor Regis. The company is a private limited company with company number 2536455. It was acquired by Ancala in March 2018. History Started on 13 July 1857 as the ''Borough of Portsmouth Waterworks Company'' to supply Portsmouth. Joined with Gosport Waterworks Company in 1955. A new headquarters in Havant was opened in September 1967. On 3 June 2021, Havant Borough Council approved Portsmouth Water's plans for a reservoir at Havant Thicket. Overview There are now 18 borehole sites throughout the catchment area from the South Downs groundwater and the natural springs in Havant and Bedhampton Bedhampton is a former village, and now suburb, located in the Borough of Havant, Hampshire, England. It is located at the northern end of Langsto ...
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Mid Kent Water
South East Water is a United Kingdom, UK supplier of drinking water to 2.2 million consumers in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire and is a private limited company registered in England and Wales. South East Water is at least 75% owned by entities domiciled outside of the United Kingdom. Each day the company supplies on average 521 million litres of drinking water from its 83 water treatment works and manages more than 14,500 kilometres (about 9,000 miles) of its water mains. The company's supply area covers 5,657 square kilometres. The company takes water from rivers, reservoirs at Ardingly Reservoir, Ardingly and Arlington Reservoir, Arlington, and underground sources (aquifers) under abstraction licences issued by the Environment Agency. The present company came into existence in December 2007 by a merger of Mid Kent Water and an earlier separate company with the name of South East Water, thus uniting two water companies in the South East of England. South East ...
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Dee Valley Water
(, after the two main rivers in its region) is a water company providing water and wastewater treatment services, operating in north east and mid Wales. It provides water only in Wrexham and parts of Denbighshire and Flintshire and both water and wastewater in northern Powys. It previously served north east Wales and parts of North West England as Dee Valley Water until June 2018. Its parent entity, Dee Valley Group plc had shares listed on the FTSE Fledgling Index on the London Stock Exchange, but was purchased by Severn Trent in February 2017. The company is regulated under the Water Industry Act 1991. On 1 July 2018, all of the water service area of Dee Valley Water and Severn Trent lying in Wales became part of the Dee Valley Water company, which was granted a new wastewater appointment and renamed as , (). The remainder of Dee Valley Water, lying in England (at Chester), was taken over by sister company Severn Trent Water. History Wrexham Waterworks Company After Wrexha ...
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Cholderton And District Water Company
The Cholderton and District Water Company is a private water supplier, serving an area on the border of Hampshire and Wiltshire in the south of England. Until 1 May 2018 it was by far the smallest licensed water company in England and Wales, but since this time is no longer regulated by Ofwat and its area has formally become part of the area covered by Wessex Water as a licensed water company. It supplies about 2,500 people over an area of around 21 km2 in the parishes of Cholderton and Bulford in Wiltshire, and Shipton Bellinger, Thruxton, Amport and Quarley in Hampshire and is a private limited company with company number 357098. The water company was established by an Act of Parliament in 1904 by Henry Charles Stephens, of Finchley, north London, the son of Henry Stephens, the founder of the Stephens Ink Company. It is owned by the Cholderton Estate. Cholderton and District Water Company does not provide sewerage services; mains sewerage facilities are provided by So ...
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Cambridge Water Company
The Cambridge Water Company is a water supply utility company serving Cambridge and the surrounding area. It was established by ''The Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act, 1853'' and was privately owned until it became a public limited company in 1996. It was sold to Chung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited (CKI) in 2004, but was sold on to HSBC in 2011. The sale was made because CKI wanted to acquire Northumbrian Water, and retaining Cambridge Water would have resulted in the takeover of Northumbrian Water being referred to the Competition Commission. It became part of South Staffordshire Water in 2013. The Cambridge Water Company is a water supply company and does not provide wastewater services. Anglian Water Anglian Water is a water company that operates in the East of England. It was formed in 1989 under the partial privatisation of the water industry. It provides water supply, sewerage and sewage treatment to the area formerly the responsibilit ... provides ...
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