South West Water
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Water industry |
| Headquarters | Exeter, Devon |
Area served | South West England |
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| Parent | Pennon Group |
| Website | www |
South West Water provides drinking water and waste water services throughout Cornwall and Devon and in small areas of Dorset and Somerset.[1] South West Water was created in 1989 with the privatisation of the water industry.[1] It was originally formed by the Water Act 1973 as one of ten regional water authorities formed by a merger of various statutory and local authority water undertakings. South West Water is part of the Pennon Group.[2]
History
The following public utilities were taken over by the South West Water Authority in 1973:[3]
- Cornwall River Authority
- Devon River Authority
- Avon and Dorset River Authority†
- Plymouth County Borough Corporation
- East Cornwall Water Board
- East Devon Water Board
- North and Mid Cornwall Water Board
- North Devon Water Board
- South Cornwall Water Board
- South West Devon Water Board
- West Cornwall Water Board
† Only the area of the authority which drained into the River Lim.
It was the subject of an episode of the fly-on-the-wall documentary Back to the Floor in 1997.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "About us". South West Water. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- ^ "Pennon Group Plc". South West Water. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- ^ The South West Water Authority Constitution Order 1973 (1973 No. 1307)
- ^ "South West Water (1997) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-07.