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Severn Trent reiterates outlook after 'strong' start
(Sharecast News) - Water and sewage firm Severn Trent reiterated its full-year outlook on Thursday, boosted by ongoing work to find and fix leaks. In a trading update, the utility - which supplies around 4.6m homes and business in the Midlands and Wales - said it had seen a "strong start" to the current five-year regulatory period, which runs until 31 March 2030.
As a result, its financial performance for the 2026 full year was on track to meet guidance, with "at least" £25m in outcome delivery incentives reward.
Severn continued: "We anticipate the main contributors of our operational outperformance to be improvements in leakage, driven by increased proactive work to find and fix leaks, and continued efforts to bring down storm overflow spills."
The Coventry-based firm invested around £360m in its capital programme during the first quarter, up 19% year-on-year, while the average sewage spills performance was around five in the first six months of 2025, down 65% on the same period in 2024.
The blue chip is due to publish interim numbers in November. Earlier this week it warned customers that a hose pipe ban remained an option, after a dry spring and hot June meant there was less water than normal in its reservoirs and in rivers.
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