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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is a not-for-profit company which supplies drinking water and wastewater services to most of Wales and parts of western England that border Wales. In total, it serves around 1.4 million households and businesses and over three million people - and supplies nearly 830 million litres (180 million imperial gallons) of drinking water per day.
In total, up to 243 billion litres of water can be exported from Wales to England annually. Water from Elan Valley is exported to Birmingham, whilst water from Lake Vyrnwy is exported to Cheshire and Liverpool. Welsh Water is licensed to give 133 billion litres annually from Elan Valley reservoirs to Severn Trent customers.
People in most parts of Wales are facing a 27% increase in their water bills from April, with the average annual bill going up from £503 to £639. It marks the start of a five-year period of bill ...
The Welsh National Water Development Authority (WNWDA) (Awdurdod Cenedlaethol Datblygu Dwr Cymru in Welsh) and later the Welsh Water Authority was one of ten regional water authorities set up in the UK and came into existence on 6 August 1973 [1] with its headquarters in Brecon.
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In 1994, the Wrexham and East Denbighshire Water Company was re-organised into a PLC, known as Wrexham Water, and the new parent company Dee Valley Group was established to act as a holding company to the new company. In 1997, the group purchased Chester Waterworks, and over the next year, combined operations from both entities into Dee Valley ...
These powers included water supply, management of water resources including reservoirs, water quality, consumer representation, management of flood risk and coastal protection. [ 25 ] The GoWA 2006 was changed by the Wales Act 2017 which includes devolution of water and sewerage powers as recommended by the Silk Commission .
The original water treatment buildings are still standing, but the equipment inside has long gone, replaced by modern plant in a new building. The operators, Welsh Water have a scheme to teach children about the importance of water, linked to the National Curriculum Key Stage 2 and offer an on-site classroom and guided tours of the water ...