NWG at a glance

Northumbrian Water Group plc

Northumbrian Water Group plc (NWG) owns a number of companies which, together with NWG, form the Group. The largest of these companies, Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL), is one of the ten regulated water and sewerage businesses in England and Wales. The emphasis given to NWL, throughout this report, reflects its importance to the overall performance of the Group.

Northumbrian Water Limited

NWL operates in the north east of England, where it trades as Northumbrian Water, and in the south east of England, where it trades as Essex & Suffolk Water. Northumbrian Water currently provides water and sewerage services to 2.6 million people and Essex & Suffolk Water provides water services to 1.8 million people.

Water and waste water contracts

NWG controls a number of special purpose companies which have water and waste water contracts in Scotland, Ireland and Gibraltar.

Other

SA Agrer NV (Agrer) carries out project work in developing countries through a number of overseas aid funded agencies.

North east England

Northumbrian Water provides water and sewerage services to 2.6 million people in the north east of England. The major population centres of Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside are in our area but we also serve large rural areas in Northumberland and County Durham (provision of waste water services only in Hartlepool).

South east England

Essex & Suffolk Water provides water services to two separate supply areas. We serve a population of 0.3 million in our Suffolk area. This area is mainly rural with the biggest towns being Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.

Our Essex area, which currently has a population of 1.5 million, is part rural and part urban with the main areas of population being in Chelmsford, Southend and the London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge.