THE GREEN efforts of Severn Trent are officially record-breaking.
It is the only water company to be awarded the highest 4-star status in the Environment Agency’s Environmental Performance Assessment for five years in a row.
The Environment Agency use the EPA as a tool to compare environmental performance across water companies in England, with Severn Trent firm industry leaders.
It achieved ‘green’ status overall across seven metrics in the 2023 assessment despite increasingly tightening targets.
The water company’s dedicated spills programme will see £450 million of investment to reduce spills from storm overflows by 20 per cent a year, including over £300 million being spent on improving 141 overflows in Warwickshire.
A further £78 million is currently being invested to improve the water quality of the River Terne and River Leam to help them towards bathing quality by 2025.
Construction work is also starting this summer to increase the capacity of Longbridge sewage treatment works in a £45 million project.
Severn Trent CEO Liv Garfield said: “Our customers want to know that we’re getting it right when it comes to caring for the environment, and this recognition again reflects that promise and commitment. While we welcome the tougher measures year on year to drive continued improvements there’s always more to be done, and we’re doing it.
“Continued investment, an accelerated spills reduction programme, bold river commitments, and an ambition to net zero is just some of what helps demonstrate to our customers that we’re moving further and faster than anyone else when it comes to doing right by the environment.”
