Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water Services Limited is a water supply and teatment utility company servicing most of
Yorkshire in northern
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 in
1989. The company has been part of the
Kelda Group since
1999.
The company's area includes
West Yorkshire,
South Yorkshire, the
East Riding of Yorkshire, part of
North Lincolnshire, most of
North Yorkshire and part of
Derbyshire. The area is adjoined on the north by that of
Northumbrian Water, on the west by
United Utilities, on the south west by
Severn Trent Water and on the south by
Anglian Water.
The authority created in 1973 took over the following public sector water supply utilities:
*Barnsley Corporation
*Bradford Corporation
*Huddersfield Corporation
*Kingston upon Hull Corporation
*Leeds Corporation
*Rotherham Corporation
*Scarborough Corporation
*Sheffield Corporation
*Norton Urban District Council
*Rawmarsh Urban District Council
*Calderdale Water Board
*Claro Water Board
*Craven Water Board
*Doncaster and District Joint Water Board
*East Yorkshire (Wolds Area) Water Board
*Mid Calder Water Board
*Northallerton and the Dales Water Board
*Pontefract, Goole and Selby Water Board
*Rombalds Water Board
*Ryedale Joint Water Board
*Wakefield and District Water Board
*York Waterworks Companyand the
*Yorkshire River Authority
