type private fund owned public limited company industry utility founded 1853 headquarters walsall west midlands england key people phil newland managing director 1 parent kkr & co. l.p. website official website south staffordshire water plc known as south staffs water is a uk water supply company owned by a privately owned utilities company serving parts of staffordshire and the west midlands england . south staffordshire water plc is part of south staffordshire plc. it purchased cambridge water in 2011 . in 2013 kkr & co. l.p. a company registered in the united states of america acquired south staffordshire water from alinda infrastructure fund . contents 1 company 2 supply area 3 performance 4 water sources 4.1 reservoirs 5 history 6 references 7 external links company edit south staffordshire water provides drinking water to 1.29 million consumers and supplies 330 million litres of water every day across a network of pipes that total 6 000 kilometres 3 700 mi in length to approximately 500 000 homes and 36 000 business customers in an area covering 1 500 square kilometres 580 sq mi . under ofwat s measure of overall service to customers opa the company has been positioned in the top 5 of the generally 20 23 water companies in every year since 1999 . 2 as south staffordshire water is a water only company severn trent water provides all mains sewerage services to customers in south staffordshire s designated area . 3 supply area edit the area supplied is to the north and west of birmingham and includes 4 uttoxeter burton upon trent rugeley cannock lichfield brownhills tamworth aldridge walsall sutton coldfield west bromwich kinver tipton dudley rowley regis performance edit south staffordshire water was joint first with anglian water in ofwat s service incentive mechanism satisfaction by company survey 2012 13 . 5 the company were 99.91 % compliant with drinking water quality tests carried out in 2012 13 . 6 leakage performance was at 65.3 megalitres per day in 2012 13 compared to 68.2 ml d in 2011 12 and 72.8 ml d in 2010 11 . 7 the annual operational greenhouse gas emissions of the regulated business were 55.41 kilotonnes in 2012 13 compared to 61.61 ktc02e in 2011 12 . 7 water sources edit water treatment works at blithfield reservoir two of south staffordshire water s reservoirs supply 60 % of water demand with the remainder provided by 69 boreholes . 8 reservoirs edit barr beacon reservoir barr beacon walsall 52 34 32 n 1 54 41 w 52.5756 n 1.91152 w 52.5756 ; 1.91152 blithfield reservoir abbots bromley staffordshire 52 48 32 n 1 55 08 w 52.809 n 1.919 w 52.809 ; 1.919 chelmarsh reservoir chelmarsh shropshire 52 29 07 n 2 23 35 w 52.485334 n 2.393113 w 52.485334 ; 2.393113 history edit cast iron sign at the company s foley road west site 1853 south staffordshire waterworks company is formed 1858 opening of the works in walsall . wednesbury is the first area supplied 1860 tipton and west bromwich receive water supplies 1862 sswc take over dudley waterworks . netherton and oldbury receive water supplies 1864 sswc take over burton waterworks 1875 cannock area supplied 1929 sswc take over kinver waterworks . 1953 blithfield reservoir near rugeley is opened by queen elizabeth the queen mother 1962 sswc take over tamworth water works 1991 south staffordshire waterworks company became a public limited company in 1991 and was listed on the london stock exchange as south staffordshire water . 1992 south staffordshire water holdings eventually south staffordshire group plc was created to grow non regulated businesses . 1996 blithfield education centre is opened by bill oddie 2004 south staffordshire group plc which became homeserve plc de merged south staffordshire plc which included south staffordshire water echo rapid underground pipeline services and aqua direct as a separate listed company on the london stock exchange . 2004 acquired by arcapita bank a bahrain based company at a price of 11.20 per share 237m including debt and delisted from the stock exchange . 2007 acquired by alinda infrastructure fund a european and american investor in infrastructure assets . 9 2013 acquired by kkr & co. l.p. formerly known as kohlberg kravis roberts & co. an american multinational private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts headquartered in new york . references edit south staffordshire water plc. executive team . retrieved 2011 12 27 . south staffordshire water plc. company details . retrieved 2011 05 30 . uswitch south staffordshire water . south staffordshire water plc. area of supply . retrieved 2011 05 30 . service incentive mechanism report pdf . ofwat . retrieved 24 september 2013 . preliminary results 12 13 pdf . south staffordshire water . retrieved 24 september 2013 . a b key performance indicators 12 13 pdf . south staffordshire water . retrieved 24 september 2013 . how your water is treated south staffordshire water south staffordshire water plc. alinda . retrieved 2011 05 30 . external links edit map all coordinates using osm map all coordinates using google map up to 200 coordinates using bing export all coordinates as kml export all coordinates as georss export all coordinates as gpx map all microformatted coordinates place data as rdf wikimedia commons has media related to south staffordshire water . official website 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 south staffordshire water & oldid 728610918 categories water companies of englandstaffordshirewest midlands county companies established in 1853hidden categories lists of coordinatesgeographic coordinate listsarticles with geocommons category without a link on wikidata 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 6 july 2016 at 13 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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