The company is criticized (2022) for losing 283 million liters of water every day due to leaks. The company claims that this is a 50% reduction compared to the 1995/96 period. [3] Yorkshire Water allows recreational use of some of its 113 of its 120+ reservoirs. [31] [32] Activities include hiking, fishing, horseback riding, cycling, water sports and bird watching. [33] Several sailing clubs are licensed to use certain tanks for their sailing activities, including Boshaw Whams, Embsay, Grimwith, Ponden, Scar House, Thornton Steward and Warley Moor. [35] Since the privatisation of the water authorities in 1989, Yorkshire Water has opened up many of its sites, which include not only water, but also forests and heathland, to the public. Walks are available around the Brayton Barff, Fewston, Grimwith, Langsett, More Hall, Scammoden, Thruscross and Undebank reservoirs. [36] In addition, in 2008, Yorkshire Water partnered with the Mark Reid Long-Distance Trail to create the Yorkshire Water Way, a 103-mile (166 km) promenade that includes the Yorkshire water reservoirs along its course. [37] [38] Established in 1973, the Authority has taken over the following water utilities:[29] Yorkshire Water is a water supply and treatment company serving West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, part of North Lincolnshire, most of North Yorkshire and part of Derbyshire in England. The company has its origins in the Yorkshire Water Authority, one of ten regional water authorities created by the Water Act 1973 and privatised under the terms of the Water Act 1989, when Yorkshire Water plc, the parent company of Yorkshire Water`s business, was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The parent company was the Kelda Group in 1999. [4] In February 2008, the Kelda Group was acquired by a consortium of infrastructure funds. Yorkshire Water is facing legal action due to persistent odour issues at its Saltend wastewater treatment plant. In early 1999, the company acquired York Waterworks Company, a small pure play water company serving the City of York. [30] For months between September 1995 and January 1996, reservoirs on the west side of the area dried up and water had to be withdrawn from (up to) 700 tanker trucks (delivering 70,000 litres (15,000 gallons; 18,000 US gallons) of water per day) from the east side of the area near Goole in a convoy of trucks. with 3,500 daily deliveries along the M62 in a drastic emergency measure that cost £3 million a week and ultimately amounted to £33 million for the tanker`s entire operation. [18] The trucks were shown on television delivering water to the Booth Wood reservoir. [19] [20] [21] The company has now built a pipeline from east to west to balance the water level if necessary. After the “drought year”, Yorkshire Water became known as “the most hated water company” during this period, with “employees having to travel in unmarked vans for fear of reprisal”. [22] Many suspected that Yorkshire Water would never be able to regain customer trust. [23] Yorkshire Water has appointed a new Chief Legal Officer with the promotion of Legal Counsel Perminder Kaur, as a proposed deal with Berwin Leighton Paisner`s (BLP) Managed Legal Services (MLS) arm failed. In June 1996, Yorkshire Water was fined £40 million by the regulator Ofwat by freezing the possibility of charging customers.
This was the result of what Ofwat called a “failure to provide the required standards for consumers”. [14] This fine was due to the fact that it was the most hated water company of the “drought year” (1995). [15] However, Yorkshire Water`s performance has changed so much that it has been named Utility Week magazine for three consecutive years, while no other water company has won it more than once. [16] Yorkshire Water has appointed a new General Counsel with the promotion of Legal Counsel Perminder Kaur, as it turns out that a proposed deal with the Managed Legal Services arm of Berwin Leighton Paisner has failed. Kaur will be released on 1. She will lead the company`s legal team, succeeding current CEO Stuart McFarlane, to whom she will continue to report in his new role as Corporate Secretary. Yorkshire Water came under fire in December 2022 when a water pipeline operated by the company in Sheffield`s Stannington area caused flooding that then penetrated the local gas network, leaving thousands of properties without a natural gas supply at below-freezing temperatures for more than a week. The water pipe burst occurred on the evening of December 2, leaking more than 400,000 litres of water into the local gas pipeline network before finally being completely repaired five days later. Sheffield City Council declared a serious incident and relief supplies were distributed to residents in the wake of the crisis.
[26] Yorkshire Water ranked 11th in Ofwat`s 2012/13 satisfaction survey by company. Place of 21 water companies. [27] Kaur will lead the firm`s legal team effective April 1, succeeding current Chief Stuart McFarlane, to whom she will continue to report in her new role as Secretary to the Company. The original version of this article was published on Legalweek The company came under heavy criticism when the Bransholme pumping station broke down, compounding flood damage in the town and flooding two thousand homes on the Kingswood and Bransholme estates. The pumping station was upgraded in 2016. [24] [25] We do not regulate this organization, but it appears in our registry because there are SRA regulated people working here. Below is a list of SRA-regulated individuals in this organization. To discuss other options, call us on 01342 332057 or ask for a callback. A sewage sludge landslide engulfed a sewage treatment plant in Huddersfield in 1992. Nearly 20,000 tonnes (20,000 long tons; 22,000 short tons) of sewage slipped from Deighton`s landfill onto the mill, completely blocking 490 feet (150 m) of the River Colne. The disaster also forced the closure of a nearby ICI factory. [17] The UKCSI is the only external measure that shows the level of customer satisfaction in the UK and allows individuals to compare all sectors and public services.
These are the SRA-regulated individuals in this organization. Excluding human composition:[clarification needed] In the financial year ended 31 March 2013, 99.93% of Yorkshire Water`s samples met UK standards; The previous year, it was 99.95%. [28] In January 2015, the UK Customer Service Index (UKCSI) announced that Yorkshire Water was the market leader in utilities and was also the second best organisation in the UKCSI, beating competitors such as Severn Trent, Anglian, Thames Water, United Utilities and EDF. Check if your company has a corporate membership here, to activate your account, you need to use your work email address and fill out the registration form. Yorkshire Water was fined for breach of environmental law. For example: the company`s territory includes West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, part of North Lincolnshire, most of North Yorkshire and part of Derbyshire. The area is bordered to the north by Northumbrian Water, to the west by United Utilities, to the southwest by Severn Trent Water and to the south by Anglian Water. [5] [6] It serves 5.5 million households and 140,000 commercial customers,[7][8] and owns over 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres) of land. [9] In 2012/13, the company`s greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 386 kilotonnes, compared to 394 kilotonnes the previous year. [28].