Bulk Water Treatment – Part 1

A case study of a blue triangle site

For this site, the water we need to treat before putting into supply is drawn from a spring located approx. 3km away and is pumped to the main site where it enters our Nitrate Removal Plant (NRP).

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Paul Swinburne – Services’ Senior Finance Business Partner – reflects on Severn Trent’s 2021

We can now reflect on Severn Trent’s 2021, and looks forward to some exciting developments on the horizon.

It was nice to see a strong set of results announced by Severn Trent PLC for the six months to 30 September 2021. Our group turnover was in line with expectations, up 8.0% following the recovery in non-household consumption post lockdown restrictions and Group PBIT (Profit Before Interest and Tax) was up 13.8%.

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From Severn Trent to blood bikes

Severn Trent Services employee Lorraine Gough tells us about her fascinating, and vital second career.

I joined Severn Trent Services six years ago, and just six months later took over as chairwoman for a blood bike charity, along with my husband Geoff who is their fundraising manager and also a rider.

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Our Business Development Support Manager has a novel approach to charity fundraising

Richard Fletcher is the newly-appointed Business Development Support Manager for Severn Trent Services. Here he shares his novel approach to charity fundraising, and how you can help.

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10 great watery horror movies to celebrate Halloween in 2021

Ok, we’re Severn Trent, we’re supposed to give a positive image of water, so for the record, it’s wonderful and we highly recommend it. But it can also be a great source of terror – something that horror movies have exploited to great effect over the years. So, with Halloween on the horizon, here’s our suggestions for some great water-based scares

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Anti-slavery day – 18th October 2021

Modern  slavery is unfortunately, still a very real issue, and one which Severn Trent takes very seriously.

Monday 18th October marks Anti-Slavery Day, designed to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery and to encourage government, local authorities, companies, charities and individuals to do what they can to address the problem.

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Meet Mike and Paul our Managing and Finance Directors

They are the top of the shop for Severn Trent Services, the big cheeses, the ones that make the decisions (well at least they think they do). But how well do we really know the Managing and Finance Directors? Let’s find out by meeting Mike and Paul…

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