Veolia Water Southeast
{{Short description|English company supplying water in Kent}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Veolia Water Southeast Limited
| logo = Veolia Water.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = June 1848
| defunct=2012 (merged into Affinity Water)
| location = Folkestone, Kent
| key_people = {{plainlist|
- Paul Sabin DL (Chairman)
- Nevil Muncaster (Managing Director)
- Gavin McHale (Head of Operations)
- Chris Taylor (Head of Capital Investment and Asset Management)
- Tim Charlesworth (Head of Finance & Support Services)
- Pauline Wilson (Head of Customer Relationships)
}}
| industry = Water supply
| products =
| revenue = {{increase}} £17.3m {{small|(2008)}}[http://issuu.com/veoliawater/docs/veolia_cr_08_web Revenue (2008)]
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 93 {{small|(2008)}}[http://issuu.com/veoliawater/docs/veolia_cr_08_web Employee number (2008)]
| parent = Veolia Environnement (through Veolia Water)
| subsid =
| homepage = {{URL|http://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk}}
| footnotes =
}}
Veolia Water Southeast (formerly Folkestone and Dover Water Services) was a privately-owned company supplying water in south east Kent, England. The company's chairman was Paul Sabin.[https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/about-us-our-management-team.aspx Veolia waters management team]
History
The history of the company can be traced back to Folkestone's first piped water supply. Aside from the part of Kent which is closest to London, Folkestone was the first town in the county to have a public water supply operated under the powers of the Waterworks Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 17) – the act which opened the way to create water undertakings throughout the land.[https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/about-us-our-history.aspx Folkestone, one of Kents first public water supplies]
The company was renamed Veolia Water Southeast in July 2009 following plans by Veolia Water UK to use the brand across its businesses.[https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/docs/PR09-12_VEOLIA_WATER_STEPS_FORWARD_____.pdf Folkestone & Dover Water name change to Veolia Water Southeast] Veolia Water UK is part of the Veolia Environnement group of companies.[https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/about-us-our-parent-company.aspx Veolia waters parent company] In 2012, following the sale of Veolia Water's UK water supply business, it was merged with Veolia Water Central and Veolia Water East to form Affinity Water on 1 October 2012.
Veolia Water Southeast was a water only company providing around 43 million litres of water a day to approximately 158,000 customers throughout Folkestone and Dover together with surrounding rural areas including Romney Marsh and Dungeness.[https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/about-us.aspx About Veolia water south east]
Operations
The area served was entirely reliant on water stored underground in chalk or gravel aquifers, as there was no surface water from rivers or major reservoirs to draw on.[https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/about-us.aspx Water storage (second paragraph down)]
The company head office was located close to the original reservoir site used by the company over 150 years ago.[https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/about-us-our-history.aspx Original reservoir site from over 150 years ago(last paragraph)]
Between 2009 and 2011, Veolia Water embarked on a programme of installing water meters, beginning with Folkestone and moving to other areas.[https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/docs/PW_03_Zonal_Metering_Programme.pdf Installing water meters in Folkestone]
See also
References
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External links
- [http://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk Official Veolia Water Southeast website]
- [http://www.veoliawater.co.uk Veolia Water website]
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Category:Former water companies of England
Category:Defunct companies based in Kent
Category:British companies established in 1848
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1848
Category:Food and drink companies disestablished in 2012