About us

• 1,000 water authorities
• 1,400 sewage authorities

• 100 Water Boards
• 50 Local Authorities
• 29 privately-owned statutory water companies

• 10 water (and sewerage) authorities
• 29 privately-owned statutory water companies
  

Severn Trent Water Authority established through the amalgamation of the Severn River Authority, the Trent River Authority, and the sewage disposal responsibilities of the councils within its area

• Privatisation and the creation of Severn Trent PLC
• The 10 water authorities were floated on the London Stock Exchange and members of the public were able to buy and sell shares
• Ofwat established to regulate the newly-privatised water industry, financed by licence fees recoverable from the
  water companies

Acquired waste management company Biffa

Inset or New Appointments and Variations (NAV) regime introduced

Severn Trent first in industry to publish its Network Access Code

Water Act allowed competition for customers using over 50Ml a year

Biffa de-merged from the group

The American side of Severn Trent Laboratories was sold to HIG Capital

Sale of our US Water Purification business to Industrie De Nora

• WaterPlus created as a joint venture between Severn Trent and United Utilities to serve customers in the soon to be opened non household (business) market

• Non household market opened in England for competition
• Purchase of Dee Valley Water which is combined with Severn Trent Water’s customers in Powys to become a purely Welsh company called Hafren Dyfrdwy

• Sale of our Italian Operating Services business to our former joint venture partner, Acea S.p.A
• Sale of our US Operating Services business to PPC Enterprises LLC and Alston Capital Partners LLC

• Purchase of five food waste anaerobic digestion plants and five green and comingled waste composting sites from Agrivert

• Severn Trent one of just three water companies to receive fast-track status from Ofwat for its plans for AMP7

• Severn Trent Green Power's acquisition of Andigestion Limited which operates two food waste anaerobic digestion plants in Devon and Gloucestershire.