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Product
Potable water supply
Severn Trent supplies safe, high-quality drinking water to around 8 million customers across the Midlands and parts of Wales, sourcing, treating and monitoring to stringent regulatory standards to protect reliability and taste. It provides contingency planning and peak-demand management for commercial users and prioritises resilience measures. Ongoing enhancements focus on leakage reduction, pressure management and system resilience.
Wastewater collection and treatment
Severn Trent collects, treats and returns wastewater safely, serving about 4.6 million customers and operating roughly 56,000 km of sewers, 3,500 pumping stations and around 300 treatment works. It ensures compliance with environmental regulators and offers trade effluent services to industrial clients. The company invested about £1.3bn in 2024 on capacity upgrades to reduce flooding and protect waterways.
Network maintenance and upgrades
Severn Trent maintains and renews pipes, reservoirs and treatment assets to ensure continuity of service for its c.4.6 million customers. The company deploys smart sensors and proactive leakage detection across the network. Planned works are coordinated to minimise customer disruption. Investment programmes prioritise resilience to climate risks and regional population growth.
Water quality and resilience services
Severn Trent implements rigorous testing, real-time monitoring and risk management across the water cycle, supporting operations that serve c.8 million customers; resilience planning targets critical sites and large users with site-specific contingency protocols.
The company invests in catchment management and drought preparedness tied to AMP7/PR24 capital programmes and communicates transparently on quality metrics and incident management via public dashboards and annual reports.
- coverage: c.8 million customers
- real-time monitoring: network-wide telemetry
- resilience: critical site contingency plans
- investment: catchment & drought preparedness in AMP7/PR24
Business customer solutions
Severn Trent Business Customer Solutions offers tailored support for commercial and industrial users—efficiency advice and trade effluent guidance—backed by data insights on consumption and demand patterns; the company serves c.4.6 million customers and links developer services and new connections to ESG and sustainability outcomes.
- tailored efficiency & trade effluent
- new connections & developer services
- data-driven consumption insights
- aligned to ESG/sustainability targets
Serving c.8.0m water & c.4.6m wastewater; £1.3bn invested 2024
Severn Trent delivers treated drinking water to c.8 million customers and wastewater services to c.4.6 million, operating ~56,000 km of sewers, 3,500 pumping stations and ~300 treatment works. It invested ~£1.3bn in 2024 on capacity, leakage and resilience under AMP7/PR24, using network-wide telemetry and targeted contingency plans for large users.
| Metric | Value (2024) |
|---|---|
| Water customers | c.8.0m |
| Wastewater customers | c.4.6m |
| Network length | ~56,000 km |
| Capex 2024 | £1.3bn |
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Place
Midlands and parts of Wales footprint
Severn Trent covers the Midlands and parts of Wales, serving about 4.6 million customers with dense urban and rural coverage across its geographic footprint.
It aligns investment to local demand and environmental priorities via its £2.9bn AMP7 capital programme (2020–25) and targets for leakage reduction and biodiversity.
Severn Trent coordinates closely with regional authorities and the Environment Agency to ensure service availability across urban and rural communities.
Integrated distribution network
Severn Trent delivers water to about 4.6 million customers via an integrated network of reservoirs, treatment works and over 50,000 km of mains, optimizing flows and storage to balance supply and demand. Zonal management segments the system to boost efficiency and reliability and has helped reduce interruptions year-on-year. The company maintains hundreds of contingency interconnects and standby pumping capacity to reroute supply during incidents.
Multi-channel customer access
Severn Trent supports around 8 million customers via online portals, mobile apps and contact centres, centralising account management and billing. The platform offers live outage maps, status updates and self-service tools to reduce call volumes and speed response. It also provides digital portals for developers and businesses to manage connections and services, with dedicated accessibility programs for priority and vulnerable customers.
Field operations and rapid response
Severn Trent deploys mobile teams for repairs, inspections and emergency interventions across its network serving 4.6 million customers, using telemetry and SCADA to provide real-time visibility and cut incident detection times. Incident response is coordinated to minimize downtime and restoration timelines are communicated proactively to customers and regulators.
- Mobile teams: rapid deployment across 4.6m customer area
- Telemetry/SCADA: real-time monitoring
- Response: coordinated to reduce downtime
- Communication: proactive restoration timelines
Partnerships and developer interfaces
Severn Trent partners with developers, contractors and wholesalers on new-build connections, supporting around 4.6 million customers and backing a planned capital investment of c.£2.9bn for 2020–25 to expand capacity. It aligns infrastructure planning with local development plans, offers pre-application support and published technical standards, and streamlines approval processes to accelerate project delivery.
- developer partnerships
- pre-application support
- technical standards
- aligned infrastructure planning
Midlands water utility serving 4.6m customers invests £2.9bn in AMP7
Severn Trent serves about 4.6 million customers across the Midlands and parts of Wales, operating ~50,000 km of mains and integrated reservoirs/treatment works. It allocated c.£2.9bn in AMP7 (2020–25) to reduce leakage, boost biodiversity and expand resilience. Zonal network management, hundreds of contingency interconnects and digital portals speed response and customer self-service.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Customers | 4.6m |
| Mains length | ~50,000 km |
| AMP7 capital | £2.9bn (2020–25) |
| Coverage | Midlands & parts of Wales |
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Promotion
Public reporting and PR
Severn Trent, a FTSE 100 water utility, leverages public reporting and PR—including annual, sustainability and PR24 submissions—to disclose shares performance, AMP8 investment plans and environmental outcomes. Transparency on service levels and incidents builds trust with customers and regulators. Regular media and stakeholder engagement covers communities, Ofwat and investors and highlights progress on resilience and sustainability.
Customer education and conservation
Severn Trent runs targeted campaigns on water efficiency, leakage awareness and wastewater best practice across its network serving around 4.7 million customers. It provides free tools, tips and devices to reduce household consumption and leakage. The company partners with schools and community groups for long-term behaviour change. It quantifies customer savings on bills and environmental water-stress metrics in its communications.
B2B engagement and tenders
Engages business customers through dedicated account management, industry events and procurement channels tied to its regulated delivery plan, serving around 4.5 million customers across its region. Communicates technical capabilities and compliance support using AMP7 investment reporting and regulatory performance metrics. Offers case studies demonstrating efficiency and resilience projects that reduced leakage and pump energy use. Aligns proposals to customer ESG and risk priorities, referencing net-zero targets and resilience commitments.
Digital and social communications
Severn Trent uses social platforms and email to publish service updates, work schedules and outage alerts to its 4.7 million customers, plus educational content and real-time outage notifications to reduce calls. Channels enable two-way feedback and rapid escalation, with messages targeted by location and customer segment to improve response times and customer satisfaction.
- Platforms: social + email
- Content: updates, outages, education
- Feedback: two-way, rapid escalation
- Targeting: location & customer segment
Community and ESG initiatives
Severn Trent promotes river health, biodiversity and carbon reduction programs that link directly to service improvements such as fewer discharges and better water quality. The company showcases community investment and employee volunteering through local projects and the Severn Trent Community Fund. ESG metrics and targets are reported to investors and customers in its annual Sustainability Report, with an operational net zero target by 2030.
- Operational net zero target: 2030
- Annual Sustainability Report discloses ESG metrics
- Community Fund and volunteering showcase local investment
- Initiatives tied to measurable service improvements (spill reduction, water quality)
Transparent reporting and targeted campaigns build regulator and investor trust
Severn Trent uses PR, annual and PR24/AMP reporting to disclose performance and investment, building trust with regulators and investors. It runs targeted water-efficiency and leakage campaigns reaching ~4.7 million customers, offering free tools and community partnerships. Uses social and email for real-time updates and two-way escalation; highlights ESG via Community Fund and operational net zero target 2030.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Customers | 4.7 million |
| Net zero | Operational 2030 |
| Channels | Social, email, PR |
| Reports | PR24, AMP7/AMP8 |
Price
Regulated tariff framework
Severn Trent tariffs are set within Ofwat's five-year PR24 price control (AMP8, 2025–2030), balancing required investment, service standards and household affordability. Tariffs incorporate allowed returns, efficiency targets and performance incentives to drive outcomes. The framework delivers transparency and predictability for customers and aligns revenue with long-term asset health and delivery of outcome commitments.
Metered and volumetric charging
Severn Trent applies metered billing where installed, linking charges to actual consumption to align cost with use for its c.4.6 million household customer base. Metered tariffs and volumetric charging encourage efficiency and demand management, supporting leakage and usage reductions targeted in regulatory plans. The company has accelerated smart meter installs—over 1.8 million by 2024—to give customers real-time data and enable fair allocation across user types.
Wholesale, retail, and developer charges
Severn Trent separates wholesale water and wastewater charges from retail services in the non-household market, consistent with the 2017 retail market opening (April 2017). It applies connection and infrastructure charges for new developments and publishes schedules and online calculators on its developer portal. The company serves around 4.6 million customers and maintains compliance with market codes and transparency requirements.
Incentives and performance adjustments
Severn Trent uses outcomes-based incentives that adjust revenues against delivery of targets, rewarding reductions in leakage, higher customer service scores and improved environmental measures while committing to transparent bill impacts; the company serves about 8 million customers across the Midlands and UK, linking payments to measurable outcomes.
- Aligns price signals with customer outcomes
- Rewards leakage, service, environmental gains
- Adjusts revenues based on target delivery
- Communicates bill impacts openly
Affordability and payment options
- payment-plans
- vulnerability-support
- priority-services-register
- water-saving-programs
- fair-debt-practices
AMP8 tariffs balance investment and affordability for 4.6m households
Severn Trent sets tariffs under Ofwat PR24 (AMP8 2025–30), balancing investment, returns and affordability for c.4.6m households (c.8m customers). Metered billing with 1.8m+ smart meters (2024) and outcomes-based incentives link revenue to leakage, service and environmental targets; payment/support schemes assist vulnerable customers.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Households | 4.6m |
| Total customers | 8.0m |
| Smart meters (2024) | 1.8m+ |
| AMP8 | 2025–2030 |