Wonderful on Tap
Protecting our wonderful water
We think water in its natural form is truly amazing and that's why we're so dedicated to protecting it.
As well as providing us with wonderfully fresh tap water, our regions rivers provide the perfect habitat to home an abundance of much-loved wildlife - including brown trout, otters and kingfishers to name but a few - so it's really important that we take of them.
That's exactly why we've committed to play a leading role in making our regions rivers healthier. To achieve this we've been working with both landowners (including farmers) and partner organisations such as the Environment Agency. Thanks to all the hard work our teams have done, we're very proud to say that our rivers are now the cleanest they've ever been! But we won't stop there - there's still lots more we can continue to do, to meet future environmental standards and support the health of our regions biodiversity.
As a responsible business, we also want to make sure that the way we work doesn't negatively impact on our environment in any way. We have a number of key focuses such as; reducing how much water we take from the environment, preventing the pollution of our water from harsh substances, and protecting our customers from the rising costs of energy that's needed to operate our treatment sites.
Just a few of the things we're planning to do by 2020
- We aim to make further cuts in the amount of energy we use as a business and generate more of our own renewable energy. This will help to reduce our carbon footprint
and keep bills low for our customers. - We plan to reduce leakage by 6%, whilst at the same time supporting our customers to be more water efficient.
- Improving how we treat your water and working with our customers and farmers to stop damaging substances from entering our treatment facilities through sewers.
Supporting biodiversity at our reservoirs
We're committed to maintaining and protecting the status of SSSI* land in our region.
We have 21 rangers who take care and run our many visitor sites. Our rangers work with both volunteers and organisations like the RSPB and Wildlife Trust
to protect and nuture the wildlife that make their homes at our beautiful reservoirs and woodlands.
Our visitor sites provide not only provide us with the opportunity to engage with customers about the wondeful water we provide, they also allow us to give back
to the environment by enhancing and protecting important and rare wildlife species such as butterflies, water voles and tree sparrows.
*Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) are protected by law to conserve their wildlife or geology.