Severn Trent
Parent Company:
Severn Trent Plc
Regulated utility: Severn Trent Water Ltd
Ownership: Public Limited Company
Severn Trent Water is the world's fourth largest privately owned water company serving 8 million customers. It is part of the Severn Trent Group of companies; an international utility services and environmental solutions company. It is unusual for a UK water company
in having no coastline hence the impact of the Urban Waste Water Directive is more limited.
It does, of course, cover two major river basins
as well as the large urban conglomeration that is the Midlands.
In 2006, with the arrival of a new CEO and the debacle of misreporting and fine by Ofwat, a new strategic direction was launched. Biffa, its waste management business was demerged and other some other non regulated businesses sold to support the strategy of focusing on water.
Now its only significant non - regulated business is Severn Trent Services. Severn Trent is back on track with legacy issues resolved and stable performance despite the turbulent times. It now focuses on water only.
Severn Trent Water has been through significant organisational change and is shortly relocating its main headquarters to Coventry. It has a very focused management team that is responsible for improving efficiencies against 20 Key Performance Indicators, each of which is aligned with their long term strategy. OPA score is improving, they have moved up from 9th to 7th in 2009.
Financial
data for water service company
Data for financial year ended 31 March 2010
| Amount |
| Turnover | £1385 m |
| Operating Profit | £541 m |
| Capital Investment | £645 m |
| Amount |
| Area served | 23 080 km |
Population  -Water
 -Waste water | 7.4m
8.5m
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Water
-Water supplied a day
-Length water mains
-Water treatment works
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1 973 Ml 46 456 km 19 |
Sewerage
-Length of sewers
-Waste water treatment works
-Sludge produced
-Number CSO's
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54 290 km
1055
262 000 te's dry
1334
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Address
Severn Trent Water
2297 Coventry Road
Birmingham
B26 3PU
Tel: 0121 722 4000
Web site:
www.severntrentwater.co.uk
Non-regulated business
With the divestment of Biffa non regulated activity has dropped substantially. It now accounts for only 20% of group turnover.
Severn Trent Services
Severn Trent Services is a major supplier of water and wastewater treatment solutions. The three principal businesses are Water Purification, Operating Services and Analytical Services. Water Purification is a leader in developing advanced technologies and products focused on water and wastewater disinfections, filtration, arsenic removal and marine/offshore waste water treatment. Operating Services manages and maintains water and wastewater treatment plants and networks around the world. Analytical Services is now concentrated in the UK following the sale of the American business. It provides laboratory analysis and testing services in water treatment.
Web site: www.severn-trent.com
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