Who are the owners
United Kingdom water and sewerage companies
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. There are also 'water only' companies which supply water in certain areas. Some companies are licensed to supply water or sewerage services using the networks of other providers.
England [ edit ] In England and Wales the economic regulator of water and sewerage is Ofwat and the quality regulator is the Drinking Water Inspectorate .[1]
Water and sewerage [ edit ] Company Service area Parent Website Anglian Water East of England Consortium consisting of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board , Colonial First State Global Asset Management , IFM Investors and 3i Official website Northumbrian Water North East England Northumbrian Water Group Lid Official website Severn Trent Water West Midlands , East Midlands , Chester As at 1 March 2017, the company's issued share capital consists of 239,791,170 ordinary shares of 97 17/19 pence each with voting rights. As at 1 March 2017, the Company holds 4,080,964 shares in Treasury.https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/uk/severn_trent_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=1487&newsid=849180 Listed on London Stock Exchange )
Official website Southern Water South East England Greensands Holdings Official website South West Water South West England Pennon Group Official website Thames Water Greater London , Thames Valley Kemble Water Limited Official website United Utilities North West England None (listed on London Stock Exchange ) Official website Welsh Water West Midlands , (Wales )
Glas Cymru Official website Wessex Water South West England YTL Corporation Official website Yorkshire Water Yorkshire and the Humber Kelda Group Official website
Water only [ edit ] Company Supply area Owner Website Affinity Water Central region: Amersham , Barnet , Beaconsfield , Bishop's Stortford , Harlow , Harrow , Hemel Hempstead , Letchworth , Luton , Saffron Walden , St Albans , Staines , Stevenage , Uxbridge , Watford , Welwyn Garden City , Woking East region: Brightlingsea , Clacton-on-Sea , Frinton-on-Sea , Harwich , Manningtree , Wivenhoe Southeast region: Dover , Folkestone , Hythe , Romney Marsh , Dungeness , Lydd Morgan Stanley /M&G Investments Official website Albion Water Knowle Village (Hampshire) , Oaklands Hamlet (Chigwell) , Upper Rissington (Gloucestershire) Albion Water Group Limited Official website Bournemouth Water Bournemouth , Christchurch , Lymington , Ringwood , Verwood , Wimborne Minster Pennon Group Official website Bristol Water Bristol , Burnham-on-Sea , Frome , Tetbury , Wells , Weston-super-Mare Pennon Group Official website Cambridge Water Company Cambridge , St Ives South Staffordshire Water Official website Cholderton and District Water Company Amport , Bulford , Cholderton , Quarley , Shipton Bellinger , Thruxton Cholderton Estate Official website Essex and Suffolk Water Essex region: Basildon , Brentwood , Chelmsford , Southend-on-Sea , Thurrock , Barking and Dagenham , Havering , Redbridge Suffolk region: Aldeburgh , Eye , Great Yarmouth , Lowestoft , Southwold Northumbrian Water Group Official website Hartlepool Water Hartlepool Anglian Water Official website Portsmouth Water Bognor Regis , Chichester , Fareham , Gosport , Havant , Hayling Island , Portsmouth Ancala South East Water Eastern region: Ashford , Canterbury , Eastbourne , East Grinstead , Haywards Heath , Maidstone , Sevenoaks , Tonbridge , Royal Tunbridge Wells , Whitstable Western region: Aldershot , Basingstoke , Bracknell , Camberley , Maidenhead , Petersfield , Wokingham Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund /Utilities Trust of Australia South Staffordshire Water Aldridge , Brownhills , Burton upon Trent , Cannock , Kinver , Lichfield , Rugeley , Sutton Coldfield , Tamworth , Uttoxeter , Walsall , West Bromwich Independent Sutton and East Surrey Water Cobham , Dorking , Horley , Leatherhead , Oxted , Redhill , Reigate , Sutton Sumitomo Corporation [2] Youlgrave Waterworks Youlgrave Independent non-profit Official website
Scotland [ edit ] Business users receive the services via a licensed provider and Scottish Water act as wholesaler.[3]
Northern Ireland [ edit ] Crown dependencies [ edit ] References [ edit ]
England
Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Crown dependencies England and Wales regulators Related