OMERS (32%) Universities Superannuation Scheme (20%) Infinity Investments (10%) 6 other global investment funds (38%)
Number of employees
7,086 (2021-22)
Parent
Kemble Water Holdings Limited
Website
thameswater.co.uk
Thames Water Utilities Ltd, known as Thames Water, is a British private utility company responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment in most of Greater London, Luton, the Thames Valley, Surrey, Gloucestershire, north Wiltshire, far west Kent, and some other parts of England; like other water companies, it has a monopoly in the regions it serves.
With origins dating back to the formation of the New River Company in 1609, Thames Water was established in 1989 during privatisation of the water industry in England and Wales. The name of the company reflects its role serving the drainage basin of the River Thames; water is sourced from the Thames as well as a number of other rivers and boreholes.
The UK's largest water and wastewater services company, Thames Water is responsible for an extensive water management infrastructure which includes the Thames Water Ring Main around London, one of Europe's largest wastewater treatment works and the UK's first large-scale desalination plant—both at Beckton in east London—and the £4.2 billion Thames Tideway sewer currently under construction. Per day, the company supplies 2.5 billion litres (550 million imperial gallons) of drinking water and treats 4.6 billion litres (1,000 million imperial gallons) of wastewater. It serves a population of 15.5 million people—about a quarter of the UK population—but its ageing infrastructure is prone to leakage and is a frequent cause of pollution, for which it has been repeatedly prosecuted and fined.
Current shareholders include four major pension funds and four overseas investment funds which between them hold over 90% of the company's shares. The company has been criticised for paying substantial dividends to shareholders while simultaneously taking out loans, accumulating £14 billion in debts. In June 2023, Thames Water was reported to be close to financial collapse; while it secured £750m from shareholders in July 2023, the company warned it would need a further £2.5bn from investors by 2030.
ThamesWater Utilities Ltd, known as ThamesWater, is a British private utility company responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment in most...
Thames drops by 55 metres (180 ft). Running through some of the drier parts of mainland Britain and heavily abstracted for drinking water, the Thames'...
The ThamesWater Authority was one of ten regional water authorities created in the UK on 1 April 1974 under the provisions of the Water Act 1973 to bring...
The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a 25 km (16 mi) combined sewer running mostly under the tidal section (estuary) of the River Thames across Inner London intended...
The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges...
The ThamesWater Ring Main (TWRM, formerly the London Water Ring Main) is a system of approximately 80 km (50 mi) of concrete tunnels which transfer drinking...
The River Thames is the second-longest river in the United Kingdom, passes through the capital city, and has many crossings. Counting every channel – such...
16th century, private companies supplied fresh water to parts of London from wells, the River Thames and the River Lea. Further demand prompted new sources...
Water privatisation in Jakarta began when the British water company ThamesWater entered into an agreement with the son of then-President Suharto in 1993...
The Thames Gateway Water Treatment Works or Beckton Desalination Plant is a desalination plant in Beckton, London, adjacent to Beckton Sewage Treatment...
Satirical impressions of the state of Thameswater in the early- to mid-19th century Satirical impressions of Father Thames in the mid-19th century, from Punch...
Marcic v ThamesWater plc [2003] UKHL 66 is a UK enterprise law and English tort law case, concerning water in the UK. Mr Marcic’s property in Stanmore...
of Thames Water's extensive pollution of the Thames, and other rivers, with untreated sewage between 2012 and 2014, for which ThamesWater was fined a...
Hampton Water Treatment Works are water treatment works located on the River Thames in Hampton, London. Built in the second half of the 19th Century to...
The Thames Valley is an area in South East England that extends along the River Thames west of London towards Oxford. The area is a major tourist destination...
water comes from the limestone aquifers of the Cotswolds. One or more of these springs are traditionally identified as the source of the River Thames...
currently owned and operated by ThamesWater and serves almost all of Greater London. During the early 19th century the River Thames was an open sewer, with disastrous...
substantially lower. For example Steve Robertson of the privatised ThamesWater, which serves water to 10,000,000 people, received a fixed salary of £745,000 in...
fresh water meets seawater. In fact, the most extensive brackish water habitats worldwide are estuaries, where a river meets the sea. The River Thames flowing...
head (stasis) of water during low tide and the extreme modern-era head at Thames Ditton Island on Kingston reach where slack water occurs at maximal...
Dictionaries Online in 2015. The term is used by authorities at ThamesWater and South West Water, both in southern England. 6 August 2013: A fatberg roughly...
"EC1A 7BE — Water quality in your area". ThamesWater. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2012-03-03. "Check my water quality". Hafren...
The Thames Tunnel is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping. It measures 35 ft (11 m) wide by 20 ft (6.1 m) high...
stories about the poor water quality in the Thames, specifically citing excrement in the water during the race. ThamesWater said improving river health...
treatment plant in Beckton in the east London Borough of Newham, operated by ThamesWater. Since construction first began in 1864, the plant has been extended...
The English River Thames is navigable from Cricklade (for very small, shallow boats) or Lechlade (for larger boats) to the sea, and this part of the river...
London Authority in 1909. In 1974 the conservancy was taken into the ThamesWater Authority, later to devolve to the Environment Agency in almost all respects...
British company ThamesWater. In 2002, it acquired American Water Works Company, based in New Jersey, which became a subsidiary of ThamesWater. In 2006, RWE...
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