type subsidiary industry water supply founded 1994 merger of colne rickmansworth and lee valley water companies headquarters hatfield england key people richard bienfait managing director richard brimble director of organisation development parent veolia environnement through veolia water website central.veoliawater.co.uk veolia water central formerly three valleys water was a privately owned company supplying water to hertfordshire and parts of surrey north london and bedfordshire in england . it was owned by veolia environnement a french company with international interests in the water waste management energy and transportation sectors . veolia water central was sold along with its sister companies veolia water southeast and veolia water east to morgan stanley and m & g investments in 2012 . the three companies were merged to form affinity water on 1 october 2012 . contents 1 history 2 supply area 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was formed as three valleys water in 1994 by the merger of the colne valley rickmansworth and lee valley water companies . north surrey water joined the group in october 2000 . the company was renamed veolia water central limited in 2009 . in 2012 following the sale of veolia water s uk water supply business it was merged with veolia water southeast and veolia water east to form affinity water on 1 october 2012 . supply area edit the area served lay to the north and west of london including parts of hertfordshire bedfordshire buckinghamshire essex middlesex and surrey . 1 the company depended heavily upon the local chalk aquifer for its supplies . in recent years due to a combination of lower than average rainfall and growing demand the aquifer became depleted . this affected the environment as some watercourses become seasonal and domestic users were subject to drought restrictions for the first time for many years . this may have been a contributing factor in the outbreak of cryptosporidium parvum in the bushey area in march 1997 when three valleys had to ask 300 000 consumers in hertfordshire to boil water . the source was never isolated though several water supply boreholes in the chalk aquifer between st albans and bushey contained the pathogen . 2 hemel hempstead lay within the company s area . after the major fire at the hertfordshire oil storage terminal at buncefield efforts were made to deal with contaminants to the local aquifer and bore holes . references edit three valleys our supply area the gsi groundwater newsletter no. 32 november 1997 external links edit official website veolia water website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title veolia water central & oldid 647071892 categories former water companies of englandcompanies based in hertfordshirecompanies established in 1994companies disestablished in 2012veolia 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 14 february 2015 at 08 41 . 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