Executive Summary
Northumbrian Water Group plc is an independent company quoted on the FTSE 250 index of the London Stock Exchange. The companies in the Group work in three related areas: UK water supply and waste water services, water and waste water contracts and also provides technical and consultancy services focusing on water and environmental issues [1]
Northumbrian Water Group contains the following companies and divisions:
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) provides water and sewerage services in the north east of England under the brand name Northumbrian Water and water services in the south east under the brand name Essex & Suffolk Water. It serves 2.6 million people in the north with water and sewerage services and 1.8 million people in the south with water services.
In addition to the main business of collecting, treating and supplying drinking water and collecting, treating and disposing of sewage and sewage sludge, NWL has a leisure business, which provides holiday accommodation, conferencing, recreation and fishing facilities, and a business called Property Solutions. This undertakes a range of searches for new homeowners relating to water and waste water connections, contaminated land, flooding and planning applications.
| Key assets | North | South |
|---|---|---|
| Impounding reservoirs | 29 | 10 |
| Water treatment works | 35 | 29 |
| Water pumping stations | 269 | 90 |
| Service reservoirs | 252 | 102 |
| Water mains | 16,789km | 8,424km |
| Sewers | 15,484km | |
| Sewage pumping stations | 683 | |
| Sewage treatment works | 437 | |
| Customers billed | 1.21m | 760,000 |
| Water supplied | 800Ml/day (24% raw) | 427 Ml/day |
| Area served | 9,400 sq.km | 2,861 sq.km |
| Employees | 1,648 | 685 |
The Group provides water and waste water management with contracts in Scotland, Ireland and Gibraltar:
- Caledonian Environmental Services plc, is responsible for the construction and operation of waste water treatment assets in Levenmouth, Scotland
- Ayr Environmental Services Limited is a joint venture for the construction and operation of waste water treatment assets in Ayrshire, Scotland
- Northumbrian Water Projects Limited (NWPL) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of waste water treatment assets in Cork, Ireland
- AquaGib Limited is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Gibraltar's water supply network.
- Northumbrian Water Scientific Services (formerly known as AES), a trading division…
