United Utilities
United Utilities Group PLC (UU) (LSE: UU.), the United Kingdom's largest listed water company, was founded in 1995 as a result of the merger of North West Water and NORWEB.
The group manages the regulated water and waste water network in North West England - which includes Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside which have a combined population of nearly 7 million. The United Utilities Group was the distribution network operator for the North West until 2010 when the electricity subsidiary was sold to Electricity North West. United Utilities headquarters are in Warrington and the company has 9,000 employees. Its shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and the FTSE 100 Index.
North West England is the wettest region in England, and water hardness across the region is soft to very soft.
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