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Severn Trent

Parent Company:         Severn Trent plc

Regulated utility:           Severn Trent Water Limited

One of the biggest water and waste water companies. It is unusual in having no coastline hence the impact of the Urban Waste Water Directive is more limited. It does of couse cover two major river basins as well as the large urban comglomeration that is the Midlands. The company has managed to avoid takeover by its focussed diversification into environmental services. This has been a consistent strategy for many years and the benefits are starting to show. It has developed a major non-regulated business in waste management (Biffa) as well as laboratory services. Geographically it is involved in the UK, Europe and USA.

Financial data for water service company

Data for financial year ended 31 March 2003

Amount
Turnover£918 m
Operating Profit£325 m
Capital Investment£350 m

Amount
Area served 21 650km
Population
 -Water
 -Waste water

7.4m
8.3m
Water
-Water supplied a day
-Length water mains
-Water treatment works

1 810 Ml
45 674 km
20
Sewerage
-Length of sewers
-Waste water treatment works
-Sludge produced
-Number CSO's

53 325 km
1018
162 000 te's dry
1334

Address

Severn Trent Water
2297 Coventry Road
Birmingham
B26 3PU

Tel: 0121 722 4000

Non-regulated business

Over half of the groups turnover (52.8%) now comes from non-regulated activities. The main non-regulated businesses are:

Biffa Waste Services

With a turnover of £511m and profit of £68m, Biffa is one of the leading integrated waste management companies in the UK and Belgium. it has been growing rapidly principally by continued acquisitions.

Severn Trent Services

This company supplies products, processes and services associated with water, waste water and contaiminated land including contract operations and consultancy, to the industrial and municipal markets. Turnover in 2003 was £385m and the business traded profitably.

Severn Trent Systems

Provides software solutions and IT services to water and other utilities.

Charles Haswell and Partners: an engineering consultancy

Severn Trent Property

Derwent Insurance

Web site: www.severn-trent.com

 

 
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