| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Water supply |
| Founded | June 1848 |
| Headquarters | Folkestone, Kent |
| Key people |
Paul Sabin DL (Chairman) Nevil Muncaster (Managing Director) Gavin McHale (Head of Operations) Chris Taylor (Head of Capital Investment & Asset Management) Tim Charlesworth (Head of Finance & Support Services) Pauline Wilson (Head of Customer Relationships) |
| Revenue | £17.3m (2008) [1] |
| Employees | 93 (2008) [2] |
| Parent | Veolia Environnement (through Veolia Water) |
| Website | southeast.veoliawater.co.uk |
Veolia Water Southeast (formerly Folkestone & Dover Water Services) is a privately-owned company supplying water in south east Kent, England. Its current chairman is Paul Sabin. [3]
Veolia Water Southeast is a water only company providing around 43 million litres of water a day to approximately 158,000 customers throughout Folkestone and Dover together with surrounding rural areas including Romney Marsh and Dungeness.[4]
This area is entirely reliant on water stored underground in chalk or gravel aquifers, as they do not have no surface water from rivers or major reservoirs to draw on.[5]
The company head office is located close to the original reservoir site used by the company over 150 years ago. [6]
The history of the Company can be traced back to Folkestone’s first piped water supply. Aside from the part of Kent which is closest to London, Folkestone was the first town in the county to have a public water supply operated under the powers of the Waterway Clauses Act 1847 – the Act which opened the way to create water undertakings throughout the land. [7]
In 2009, 2010 and 2011 Veolia water have and will continue installing water meters. At the moment they are installing water meters in the Folkestone area.[8]
The company was renamed Veolia Water Southeast in July 2009 following plans by Veolia Water UK to use the brand across its businesses.[9] Veolia Water UK is part of the Veolia Environnement group of companies. [10]
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