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Water supply and sanitation in the United Kingdom is provided by a number of water and sewerage companies. Twelve companies and organisations provide drainage and sewerage services, each over a wide area, to the whole United Kingdom; and supply water to most customers in their areas of operation.
UK water quality is generally high, since large new investments were made following the EU Drinking Water Quality Directive 1998, requiring water is "wholesome and clean". [36] Ofwat is required to issue enforcement orders under the Water Industry Act 1991 section 18 to uphold drinking quality standards, rather than being content with ...
According to the industry association Water UK, between 1980 and 2010 the water and wastewater industry in England and Wales will have invested over £88bn. [11] Investments are financed primarily through self-financing and borrowing in the capital market. In March 2006 overall borrowing stood at £23.5bn for England and Wales.
Water companies of the United Kingdom (2 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Utilities of the United Kingdom" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
At the beginning of the 19th century, most water works in the UK were built, owned, and operated by private companies. The introduction of various parliamentary regulations led to the government assuming control of the industry, with the responsibility for most (but not all) water works and sewerage systems being passed to local government by the beginning of the 20th century.
United Utilities Group plc (UU) is the United Kingdom's largest listed water company.It was founded in 1995 as a result of the merger of North West Water and NORWEB. [2] The group manages the regulated water and waste water network in North West England, which includes Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, most of Cheshire and a small area of Derbyshire, which have a combined ...
Thames Water plc was acquired by the German utility company RWE in 2001. [6] On 17 October 2006, following several years of criticism about failed leakage targets in the UK, RWE announced it would sell Thames Water for £8 billion to Kemble Water Holdings Ltd, a consortium led by the Australian Macquarie Group which appointed David Owens as CEO ...
Water Plus was established to service the deregulated English business water market from 1 April 2017 [6] as well as the Scottish business water market, which was deregulated on 1 April 2008. [ 7 ] In June 2018 it was announced [ 8 ] that Water Plus's first CEO, Sue Amies-King, in role since March 2016, had been replaced by Andy Hughes ...