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{{Infobox company
| name = Dee Valley Water / Dŵr Dyffryn Dyfrdwy
| logo = [[Image:Dvw.png|Dee Valley Water logo]]
| type = [[Public limited company]]
| foundation = 1863 (as Wrexham Waterworks Company)
1997
| location = Packsaddle<br />[[Rhostyllen]],<br /> [[Wrexham]], United Kingdom
| key_people =
| industry = Public Utility
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'''Dee Valley Water / Dŵr Dyffryn Dyfrdwy'''
It was regulated under the [[Water Industry Act 1991]].
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==History==
===Wrexham Waterworks Company===
After [[Wrexham]] achieved its [[Charter of Incorporation]] in 1857, attentions turned to a proper water supply for the town, as residents relied on wells and the [[River Gwenfro]] for their water supply, which contained trade effluence from the many breweries, leatherworks and brickworks present. In 1863, the '''Wrexham Waterworks Company''' was first established with the aim of pumping water from nearby Pentrebychan, West enough of the town to not be influenced by pollution. The first works, opened in the same year, were primitive, with only a reservoir and slow sand filter for water treatment, these were made obsolete by the construction of an impounding reservoir further upstream in 1878, this reservoir, named Cae Llwyd, has a capacity of {{convert|11|e6USgal|m3}}.
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In 1994, the Wrexham and East Denbighshire Water Company was re-organised into a PLC, known as '''Wrexham Water PLC''', and the new parent company Dee Valley Group PLC was established to act as a holding company to the new company. In 1997, the group purchased Chester Waterworks PLC, and over the next year, combined operations from both entities into the current Dee Valley Water PLC. In 2002, Dee Valley Group PLC was listed on the London Stock Exchange with the ticker code DVW.<ref>{{LSE|DVW}}</ref>
===2016
In October 2016 the
==Operations==
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This water is treated at six water treatment works, one for each abstraction point:
* Boughton
* Legacy
* Pendinas
* Llwyn Onn
* Oerog Spring
* Plemstall Borehole
The treated water is then relayed by gravity and pumps to 31 service reservoirs, and then on to customers.<ref>[http://www.deevalleywater.co.uk/article.php?id=79 Annual Report of Water Quality]</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://www.deevalleywater.co.uk/ Dee Valley Water]
* [http://www.deevalleygroup.com/ Dee Valley Group]
{{Water companies of the United Kingdom}}
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