The water supply, sewerage and waste management industry in the UK currently generates around £35.9 billion in revenue, according to IBIS World. It employs around 162,000 people across thousands of businesses across the country, and provides clean water, sanitation and drainage services to more than 50 million people in England and Wales each day.
The water sector provides 16.6 billion litres of quality water to 63.9 million people. As some of the purest drinking water in the world, 99.97% of all samples in England and Wales meet the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s standards. With 416,175 kms of water mains alongside 393,460 kms of sewers, the two combined could stretch to the moon and back.
The UK industry invests £5.85 billion in assets every year in the water sector, and £5.17 billion in services. 45,700 people are directly employed by the sector. There are around 400 specialist engineering organisations in the country, generating revenue of £1.5 billion.
The country's waste management industry turns over £9 billion a year, employing around 70,000 people in 3,000 businesses.
The UK government has a policy of reducing and managing all types of waste. Under the EU directive, the UK aims to reduce landfill waste by 65% by the year 2020, and recycle or reuse 50% of all waste from households. In order to meet these targets, it's estimated that the UK will need to invest around £8 billion.
At Global Database we've used our company data to put together a list of the current most successful organisations in the water supply, sewerage and waste management sector. View the final results below to find out who the top players in this market are.
