Northumbrian Water

Northumbrian Water Group plc is a water supply utility serving the North East of England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

History

The business was originally created as the Northumbrian Water Authority, one of ten public sector regional water authorities created under the Water Act 1973. In 1989 the assets and duties of the authority passed to Northumbrian Water Limited, a company that was then privatised. In 1995 the Company was acquired by Lyonnaise des Eaux for £823m. In 2003 Suez, who had acquired Lyonnaise des Eaux, sold 75% of Northumbrian Water to a Consortium of private investors. The Company was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2003.

Utilities acquired

The authority took over the following water supply utilities:

• Darlington Corporation
• Tynemouth Corporation
• Durham County Water Board
• Tees Valley and Cleveland Water Board
• Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company
• Sunderland and South Shields Water Company
• Northumbria River Authority

Operations

The company covers the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire (including the Teesside conurbation). It is regulated under the Water Industry Act 1991. It is organised as follows:

• Northumbrian Water
• Essex & Suffolk Water
• Caledonian Environmental Services
• Ayr Environmental Services
• Northumbrian Water Projects (waste water in Cork)
• AquaGib (water supply in Gibraltar)
• Vehicle Lease & Service (50%)
• SA Agrer NV

Hartlepool Water (a business name of Anglian Water Services) supplies water in the Hartlepool area, Northumbrian Water only having responsibility for sewerage and drainage.

Resevoirs owned by the Company include Kielder Water.

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