South Staffordshire Water

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South Staffordshire Water plc
Company typePrivate fund owned public limited company
Industry Utility
Founded1853
Headquarters Walsall, West Midlands, England
Key people
Sir James Perowne - Chairman
Phil Newland - Managing Director [1]
Parent Arjun Infrastructure Partners
Subsidiaries SSI Services, Echo Managed Services
Website www.south-staffs-water.co.uk

South Staffordshire Water plc known as South Staffs Water is a UK water supply company owned by a privately owned utilities company serving parts of Staffordshire, the West Midlands, as well as small areas of surrounding counties in England. South Staffordshire Water plc is part of South Staffordshire plc. It purchased Cambridge Water in 2011. In 2013, KKR & Co. L.P., a company registered in the United States of America, acquired South Staffordshire Water from Alinda Infrastructure Fund. As of April 2018, KKR & Co. has agreed to sell its 75% equity stake in South Staffordshire Water to Arjun Infrastructure Partners (AIP). [2]

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Company

A South Staffordshire Water Works stop-cock cover in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England South Staffordshire Water Works stop-cock cover - 2020-12-07 - Andy Mabbett (cropped).jpg
A South Staffordshire Water Works stop-cock cover in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England

South Staffordshire Water provides drinking water to 1.6 million consumers and supplies 330 million litres of water every day across a network of pipes that total 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) in length to approximately 500,000 homes and 36,000 business customers in an area covering 1,500 square kilometres (580 sq mi). Under Ofwat's measure of overall service to customers, OPA, the company has been positioned in the top five of the generally 20–23 water companies in every year since 1999. [3]

As South Staffordshire Water is a water-only company Severn Trent Water provides all mains sewerage services to customers in South Staffordshire's designated area. [4]

Supply area

The South Staffordshire Water supply area covers areas to the north and west of Birmingham. The majority of the supply area is within the counties of Staffordshire and the West Midlands but the company also supplies water to parts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. [5]

Performance

South Staffordshire Water was joint first with Anglian Water in Ofwat’s Service Incentive Mechanism ‘Satisfaction by Company’ survey 2012/13. [6]

The company were 99.91% compliant with drinking water quality tests carried out in 2012/13. [7]

Leakage performance was at 65.3 megalitres per day in 2012/13, compared to 68.2 Ml/d in 2011/12 and 72.8 Ml/d in 2010/11. [8]

The annual operational greenhouse gas emissions of the regulated business were 55.41 kilotonnes in 2012/13, compared to 61.61 ktC02e in 2011/12. [8]

Water sources

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Water Treatment works at Blithfield Reservoir

Two of South Staffordshire Water's reservoirs supply 60% of water demand with the remainder provided by 69 boreholes. [9]

Reservoirs

History

Cast iron sign at the company's Foley Road West site South Staffordshire Water - Foley Road West site - sign 02.JPG
Cast iron sign at the company's Foley Road West site
Coat of arms of South Staffordshire Water
South Staffordshire Water Escutcheon.png
Crest
On a wreath Argent and Vert issuant from water a mound of sand thereon a knot ( Calidris canutus ) in winter plumage all Proper.
Escutcheon
Sable on a pile harry wavy Argent and Azure fimbriated Vert a Stafford knot Or all between three fountains.
Motto
Nil Sine Aqua [11]

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References

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