Anglian Water Group is a water utility serving nearly seven million customers across the East of England, operating within the largest geographic area of any water company in England and Wales. The company, established in 1989, provides clean water supply and wastewater recycling services. Its stated purpose is to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region it serves.
In 2019, the group enshrined public interest into its company constitution. It operates as a purpose-driven organisation, balancing six forms of capital - natural, social, financial, manufactured, people, and intellectual - in its corporate decision-making. This framework reflects the company's approach to managing a regulated utility with significant public and environmental responsibilities.
For legal professionals, the company presents the complexity inherent in a major regulated utility. Its operations involve navigating extensive environmental law, statutory water supply obligations, large-scale infrastructure projects, and corporate governance frameworks that explicitly integrate public interest duties. The scale of its geographic footprint and customer base generates a correspondingly broad scope of legal work.
