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Severn Trent Water
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UK water utility company
Dates
1974-
Biography
The Severn Trent Water Authority was established in 1974 under the Water Act 1973. It took over all water supply and sewage disposal operations previously carried out by a number of water boards and local authorities within the Severn and Trent drainage basins. In Derbyshire these included the Derwent Valley Water Board, the North Derbyshire Water Board, the South Derbyshire Water Board as well as the sewage disposal activities of various local authorities. Both the North and South Derbyshire Water Boards were themselves products of earlier amalgamations.
During 1943, Derwent Dam, located by the Ladybower reservoir and the Howden Dam was used by the Lancaster bomber pilots of 617 Squadron, later known as the Dambusters, to practise bombing runs using the new bouncing bomb, prior to raids on German dams in the Ruhr valley.
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Severn Trent Water; 1974-; UK water utility company
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