Northumbrian Water
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Northumbrian Water is a water supply utility serving the north east of England. It was originally created as the Northumbrian Water Authority, one of ten public sector regional water authorities created by the Water Act 1973. In 1989 the assets and duties of the authority passed to Northumbrian Water Limited, a company that was then privatised. It is now owned by Northumbrian Water Group plc, an independent company listed on the FTSE, which also owns the Essex and Suffolk Water Company. The company's headquarters are in the city of Durham.
[edit] Area
The company covers the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire (including the Teesside conurbation)[1].
[edit] Constituents
The authority took over the following water supply utilities[2]:
- Darlington Corporation
- Tynemouth Corporation
- Durham County Water Board
- Hartlepools Water Company †
- Tees Valley and Cleveland Water Board
- Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company
- Sunderland and South Shields Water Company
and the
- Northumbria River Authority
† The Hartlepools Water Company continues to supply water in its area, Northumbrian Water only having responsibility for sewerage and drainage.
