Severn Trent
| Severn Trent plc
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| legal form | Public limited company |
| ISIN | GB00B1FH8J72 |
| Seat |
Birmingham United Kingdom
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| management | Chairman: Sir John Egan |
| sales | 1,857 million GBP (2014) |
| Branch | service |
| Website | www.severntrent.com |
Severn Trent is a UK-based services company listed on the London Stock Exchange among the top 100 stocks in the FTSE stock index .
The group employs more than 15,000 people in the UK, United States and mainland Europe . The company is controlled by the supervisory authority Ofwat .
The group includes the following companies:
- Severn Trent Water
- Biffa Waste
- Severn Trent Laboratories
- Severn Trent Services
Severn Trent Water is one of ten privatized water companies in England . The company provides fresh water and provides sanitation for around 8,000,000 people in the Midlands of England and some regions of Wales . The company's name is derived from the two major rivers in the area, the Severn and Trent .
The company was initially created as the "Severn-Trent Water Authority" by the "Water Act 1973" and took over the following public water suppliers:
- Birmingham Corporation
- Coventry Corporation
- Leicester Corporation
- Nottingham Corporation
- Stafford Corporation
- Wolverhampton Corporation
- Cannock Rural District Council
- Central Nottinghamshire Water Board
- East Shropshire Water Board
- Montgomeryshire Water Board
- North Derbyshire Water Board
- North East Warwickshire Water Board
- North West Gloucestershire Water Board
- North West Leicestershire Water Board
- North West Worcestershire Water Board
- Rugby Joint Water Board
- South Derbyshire Water Board
- South Warwickshire Water Board
- South West Worcestershire Water Board
- Staffordshire Potteries Water Board
- West Shropshire Water Board
- East Worcestershire Waterworks Company (dissolved)
- South Staffordshire Waterworks Company (dissolved)
as well as two river control areas:
- Trent River Authority
- Severn Trent Authority
Severn Trent controls a number of water reservoirs, among others:
- Carsington Reservoir
- Clywedog Reservoir
- Draycote Water
- Foremark Reservoir
- Upper Derwent Valley ( Howden Reservoir , Derwent Reservoir, and Ladybower Reservoir )
- Lake Vyrnwy
- Tittesworth Reservoir
Web links
- http://www.stwater.co.uk/
- http://www.severn-trent.com/
- http://www.stl-ltd.com/
- http://www.water-guide.org.uk/severn-trent-water.html
Individual evidence
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