company ltd industry water supply founded 1863 headquarters bournemouth dorset england website www.bournemouthwater.co.uk bournemouth water provides drinking water to approximately 500 000 people from the port town of poole to beaulieu in the new forest and from bournemouth to salisbury in wiltshire an area of over 1000 square kilometres . 1 n 1 history edit bournemouth water established 1863 and west hampshire water established 1893 were two former statutory water companies established by act of parliament . the bournemouth company were the alternative supplier of gas until nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949 in 1863 bournemouth water was established with waterworks in bourne valley and a reservoir in parkstone . in 1893 the west hampshire water company was established . in 1994 bournemouth and west hampshire water was formed as the two companies merge . in july 2010 bournemouth and west hampshire water was acquired by sembcorp utilities . sembcorp utilities is a wholly owned subsidiary of sembcorp industries an energy water and marine group listed on the main board of the singapore exchange . 2 bournemouth and west hampshire water plc s registered name was changed to sembcorp bournemouth water ltd on 21 january 2011 ; formerly named sembcorp bournemouth water plc for less than 24 hours on that date as part of an efficient mergers and acquisitions deal . 3 on 16th april 2015 pennon group plc who already own south west water announced they had purchased sembcorp bournemouth water for 100.3 million 4 5 notes and references edit notes in this area wastewater services are provided by wessex water or southern water references sembcorp bournemouth water bournemouth & west hampshire water to rebrand . utility week . 2011 01 27 . dorset s water bills will be second highest in britain . bournemouth echo . 2013 02 05 . cascal n.v. subsidiary bournemouth & west hampshire water receives important recognitions ... . reuters . 2009 04 16 . domestic water bills up by 4.1 % . bbc news . 2009 02 18 . restrained water bill rises welcomed by watchdog . bbc news . 2014 02 11 . uk companies house acquisition of bournemouth water from sembcorp holdings limited . london stock exchange . retrieved 16 april 2015 . pennon buys bournemouth water as floodgates open for more m & a . the telegraph . retrieved 16 april 2015 . external links edit official website pennon group plc www.sembcorp.com previous owner v t e united kingdom water industry water and sewerage companies in england anglian water northumbrian water severn trent water southern water south west water thames water united utilities wessex water yorkshire water water only companies in england affinity water albion water bournemouth water bristol water cambridge water company cholderton and district water company essex and suffolk water hartlepool water portsmouth water south east water south staffordshire water sutton and east surrey water scotland scottish water government northern ireland northern ireland water government wales dee valley water welsh water not for profit crown dependencies jersey water guernsey water isle of man water and sewerage authority english regulators consumer council for water drinking water inspectorate environment agency water services regulation authority ofwat retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bournemouth water & oldid 671525017 categories water companies of englandcompanies based in bournemouthhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 july 2015 at 07 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view