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 |
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| Turnover | £918 m |
| Operating Profit | £325 m |
| Capital Investment | £350 m |
| Amount |
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| Area served | 21 650km |
Population
-Water
-Waste water |
7.4m
8.3m
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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
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53 325 km
1018
162 000 te's dry
1334
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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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