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South East Water
South East Water is a UK supplier of drinking water to 2.2 million consumers in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire and is a private limited company registered in England and Wales.
Each day the company supplies on average 521 million litres of drinking water from its 83 water treatment works and manages more than 14,500 kilometres (about 9,000 miles) of its water mains. The company's supply area covers 5,657 square kilometres. The company takes water from rivers, reservoirs at Ardingly and Arlington, and underground sources (aquifers) under abstraction licences issued by the Environment Agency. South East Water is at least 75% owned by entities domiciled outside of the United Kingdom.
The present company came into existence in December 2007 by a merger of Mid Kent Water and an earlier separate company with the name of South East Water, thus uniting two water companies in the South East of England.
Other companies that had earlier been merged into the current company included Mid-Sussex Water, the Crowborough District Water Company, the Newhaven and Seaford Water Company, the Eastbourne Water Company (itself incorporating the Hailsham Water Company), the West Kent Water Company, the Mid Southern Water Company (formerly the Mid-Wessex Water Company; itself incorporating the Aldershot Gas and Water Company, the Frimley and Farnborough District Water Company, the Wokingham District Water Company, the Herriard and Lasham Water Company, the Manydown Estate Waterworks, the Hartley Wintney Waterworks, and the Maidenhead Waterworks Company), and the Burgess Hill Water Company.
In 2021/2022 South East Water's CEO, David Hinton, received a base salary (not including bonus, pension contributions and other benefits) of £271,620. The CFO received a base salary of £222,503 over the same period.
South East Water was one of eleven water providers fined by the water regulator for England and Wales, Ofwat, in October 2022. South East Water’s fine was £3.2 million.
As of 21 December 2022, South East Water continued to receive criticism, including from MPs, as a result of widespread and long-lasting water outages affecting thousands of homes and businesses across its network. Bottled water stations were set up at several sites, but supplies quickly ran low. Various sites were forced to unexpectedly close at short notice to restock or as they became overwhelmed.
The Guardian reported on 21 December 2022 that South East Water had admitted that it couldn’t guarantee that all customers would have their water supply restored by Christmas Day. Speaking to Kent Live, Greg Clark, MP for Tunbridge Wells and former Cabinet Minister, said:
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South East Water
South East Water is a UK supplier of drinking water to 2.2 million consumers in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire and is a private limited company registered in England and Wales.
Each day the company supplies on average 521 million litres of drinking water from its 83 water treatment works and manages more than 14,500 kilometres (about 9,000 miles) of its water mains. The company's supply area covers 5,657 square kilometres. The company takes water from rivers, reservoirs at Ardingly and Arlington, and underground sources (aquifers) under abstraction licences issued by the Environment Agency. South East Water is at least 75% owned by entities domiciled outside of the United Kingdom.
The present company came into existence in December 2007 by a merger of Mid Kent Water and an earlier separate company with the name of South East Water, thus uniting two water companies in the South East of England.
Other companies that had earlier been merged into the current company included Mid-Sussex Water, the Crowborough District Water Company, the Newhaven and Seaford Water Company, the Eastbourne Water Company (itself incorporating the Hailsham Water Company), the West Kent Water Company, the Mid Southern Water Company (formerly the Mid-Wessex Water Company; itself incorporating the Aldershot Gas and Water Company, the Frimley and Farnborough District Water Company, the Wokingham District Water Company, the Herriard and Lasham Water Company, the Manydown Estate Waterworks, the Hartley Wintney Waterworks, and the Maidenhead Waterworks Company), and the Burgess Hill Water Company.
In 2021/2022 South East Water's CEO, David Hinton, received a base salary (not including bonus, pension contributions and other benefits) of £271,620. The CFO received a base salary of £222,503 over the same period.
South East Water was one of eleven water providers fined by the water regulator for England and Wales, Ofwat, in October 2022. South East Water’s fine was £3.2 million.
As of 21 December 2022, South East Water continued to receive criticism, including from MPs, as a result of widespread and long-lasting water outages affecting thousands of homes and businesses across its network. Bottled water stations were set up at several sites, but supplies quickly ran low. Various sites were forced to unexpectedly close at short notice to restock or as they became overwhelmed.
The Guardian reported on 21 December 2022 that South East Water had admitted that it couldn’t guarantee that all customers would have their water supply restored by Christmas Day. Speaking to Kent Live, Greg Clark, MP for Tunbridge Wells and former Cabinet Minister, said: