CHESTERFIELD, United Kingdom – May 19, 2008 – Severn Trent Services have announced a new five-year contract to supply Ajusta bayonet boundary boxes to Yorkshire Water Services (YWS). YWS will purchase medium density polyethylene (MDPE) tailed and push-fit connector versions.
Severn Trent Services is a leading UK supplier of external boundary boxes to accept water meters. The company manufactures 220,000 boundary boxes each year and have 2 million boxes installed in the UK alone. Eighty-five percent of the boundary box components are fabricated at the company's Chesterfield headquarters.
Yorkshire Water Services manage the collection, treatment and distribution of water, supplying around 1.24 billion litres of drinking water each day. The company also collect, treat and safely dispose back into the environment about one billion litres of waste water each day.
Yorkshire Water Services operate more than 700 water and sewage treatment works and 120 reservoirs through a grid system. The company also operate 40,000 miles of water and sewerage mains, enough pipework to circle the earth.
About Severn Trent Services
Severn Trent Services (www.severntrentservices.com), with global headquarters in Fort Washington, Pa., USA, is a leading supplier of water and wastewater solutions. The company's broad range of products and services is concentrated around disinfection, instrumentation and filtration technologies, contract operating services and state-of-the-art residential metering products and services. Our analytical services group is the United Kingdom's leading environmental testing organisation, and our international operating services business provides worldwide contract operation and support for all aspects of water and wastewater utility operational development and business transformation. Severn Trent Services is a member of the Severn Trent Plc (London: SVT.L) group of companies. Severn Trent is a FTSE 100 company.