South West Water

South West Water
Company type	Private
Industry	Water industry
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Exeter, Devon
Area served	South West England
Key people	Gill Rider (Chair); Susan Davy (CEO);
Products	Drinking water; Recycled wastewater;
Production output	0.439 Gl/day (drinking); 0.439 Gl/day (recycled);
Services	Water supply; Sewage treatment;
Revenue	£0.587 billion (2022-23); £0.584 billion (2021-22);
Number of employees	1200
Parent	Pennon Group
Subsidiaries	Bournemouth Water
Website	southwestwater.co.uk

South West Water is a British private utility company responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment services throughout Devon and Cornwall and in small areas of Dorset and Somerset. South West Water was created in 1989 with the privatisation of the water industry. It was preceded by the South West Water Authority which was formed by the Water Act 1973 as one of ten regional water authorities formed by a merger of various statutory and local authority water undertakings. South West Water is part of the Pennon Group.