Anglian Water Authority was formed in 1974 by virtue of the Water Act 1973 as one of the regional water authorities. [1]
It established its headquarters in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. The authority boundary was the pre-existing boundaries of the constituent river authorities whose total area made Anglian Water Authority the largest of the ten newly created Authorities. It subsumed the roles and responsibilities of:
- East Suffolk and Norfolk River Authority
- Essex River Authority (except the part of the area of the Essex River Authority which was included in the area of the Thames Water Authority)
- Great Ouse River Authority
- Lincolnshire River Authority
- Welland and Nene River Authority
It also took over sewage treatment and sewerage responsibilities of all the local authorities in the area with the exception of:
It also became responsible for the water supply functions previously exercised by the following:
- Ipswich Corporation
- Buckingham Corporation
- Norwich Corporation
- Bedfordshire Water Board
- Bucks Water Board
- Colchester and District Water Board
- East Lincolnshire Water Board
- Ely, Mildenhall and Newmarket Water Board
- Higham Ferrers and Rushden Water Board
- Kesteven Water Board
- Lincoln and District Water Board
- Mid-Northamptonshire Water Board
- Nene and Ouse Water Board
- North East Lincolnshire Water Board
- North Lindsey Water Board
- North West Norfolk Water Board
- Peterborough Corporation Water Works[2]
- South Lincolnshire Water Board
- South Norfolk Water Board
- West Suffolk Water Board
- Wisbech and District Water Board
- Cambridge Water Company
- East Anglian Water Company
- Tendring Hundred Waterworks Company