IB 10/11: Ofwat varies the appointment of water and sewerage supplier at Barking Riverside, Barking

 

Ofwat has varied the appointment of SSE Water to enable it to supply water and sewerage services to a site in Barking called Barking Riverside. The reasons for our decision are set out in ourdecision document.

New appointments and variations include one company replacing another as the statutory supplier for a specific geographic area. In this case, SSE Water will replace Essex and Suffolk Water as the statutory water supplier for Barking Riverside and Thames Water as the statutory sewerage supplier for Barking Riverside.

SSE Water will supply water and sewerage services to a development of 655 household properties. SSE Water will serve customers on the site by taking a bulk supply of water from Essex and Suffolk Water and securing a bulk discharge connection to Thames Water’s sewerage network.

SSE Water will charge customers based on the existing Essex and Suffolk Water and Thames Water charges.

SSE Water was granted its appointment as a water and sewerage company in October 2007 for a housing development called Old Sarum, near Salisbury in Wessex Water’s area. It has since been granted a further ten variations to its appointment at a variety of sites in different companies’ areas throughout England and Wales.

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Notes to Editors:

 

  1. Ofwat (The Water Services Regulation Authority) is the economic regulator of water and sewerage companies in England and Wales. It exercises its powers in a way that it judges will protect the interests of consumers, promote value and safeguard future water and sewerage services by allowing efficient companies to carry out their functions properly, and finance them.
  2. Ofwat has a duty to consider applications by companies seeking to replace existing appointees as providers of water and / or sewerage services. We assess applications thoroughly and take seriously our duty to protect consumers’ interests.
  3. Ofwat published its consultation paper on 4 April 2011 asking for views on its proposal to vary the appointments of SSE Water, Essex and Suffolk Water and Thames Water at Barking Riverside.
  4. Media enquiries to the Ofwat Press Office: 0121 644 7642 / 7616 / 7696 [email protected].