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South West Water is a British private utility company responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment services throughout Devon and Cornwall and in small areas of Dorset and Somerset. [1] South West Water was created in 1989 with the privatisation of the water industry. [ 1 ]
SWW will reduce the amount of water taken from the River Camel in Cornwall as part of an environmental plan [Getty Images] South West Water (SWW) plans to almost double its investment in the ...
Crowdy Reservoir is located on Bodmin Moor near Camelford in north Cornwall. It is currently managed, jointly by the South West Lakes Trust and South West Water. There is public access to the reservoir away from the nature reserve. [1]
Raw water is obtained from the Crowdy Reservoir, which is 3/4 mile to the north east, and which is filled predominantly by run-off and drainage from surrounding moorland. The works were constructed in 1973. [1] At the time of the Camelford water pollution incident, water treatment was being carried out by South West Water.
Upper Tamar lake is a reservoir on the border of Cornwall and Devon in south-west England.It is owned by South West Water and managed by the South West Lakes Trust. [1] The reservoir serves the water supply in the Bude area of Cornwall and surrounding districts, including Clovelly, Bradworthy and Warbstow.
The company was founded in 1989 as South West Water plc at the time of the privatisation of the Water Industry in England. [3] In 1993 it acquired Haul Waste and in 1995 it bought Blue Circle Waste Management. [3] It changed its name to Pennon Group plc in 1998. [3]
In 1991 the South West Water Authority was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £25,000 costs at Exeter Crown Court for supplying water likely to endanger public health. The authority paid at least £123,000 to settle almost 500 initial compensation claims and in 1997 a further 148 victims accepted out-of-court damages totalling almost £400,000 ...
Drift Reservoir is a reservoir in Cornwall, England, UK, just north of the village of Drift and west of Penzance. [3] The reservoir is 1,200 yards (1,100 m) long and covers 65 acres (26 ha). The dam is at the southern end of the reservoir, and the northern end, splits into north-western and north-eastern shallow arms.