Cambridge Water Company

Offices of Cambridge Water Company on Fulbourn Road

Cambridge Water, a trading name of South Staffordshire Water plc,[1][2] is a water supply utility company serving Cambridge and the surrounding area.

Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act 1853
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation16 & 17 Vict. c. xxiii

It was established by the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. xxiii) and was privately owned until it became a public limited company in 1996. It was sold to CK Infrastructure Holdings (CKI) in 2004,[3] but was sold on to HSBC in 2011. The sale was made because CKI wanted to acquire Northumbrian Water, and retaining Cambridge Water would have resulted in the takeover of Northumbrian Water being referred to the Competition Commission.[4] It became part of South Staffordshire Water in 2013.[5]

The Cambridge Water Company is a water supply company and does not provide wastewater services.[6] Anglian Water provides wastewater services to Cambridge Water customers.

  1. ^ "Terms and Conditions | Cambridge Water".
  2. ^ https://www.cambridge-water.co.uk/media/3934/requesting-new-mains-or-services-user-guide.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Cambridge Water Charges Scheme" (PDF). Ofwat. p. 5. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. ^ Harrington, Ben (2 August 2011). "Asian tycoon Li Ka-shing to buy Northumbrian Water". Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ "History". Cambridge Water Company. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  6. ^ Ofwat 2006, pp. 33–34.