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Article: South East Water in merger move.
- Article from:
- Bexhill Observer (Bexhill, England)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2007
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BEXHILL'S water supplier is about to link with a Kent counterpart.
Two of the region's water companies are merging to create the second-largest water supply company in England and Wales.
Subject to final regulatory clearance, South East Water and Mid Kent Water are expected to merge this month.
The company will be called South East Water and will supply, on average, 565 million litres of water every day to 2.1 million customers across Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey.
The companies say customers will "benefit from a committed and renewed focus from the merged company to improve the customer's experience of dealing with ...