Private water supplies

A private water supply is any supply of drinking water not provided by a licensed water company, for example, Severn Trent.

• private water supply could serve just one property or it could be a larger supply serving several properties.
• The water may come from a spring, well, borehole, pond, river, canal, or collection of rain water.

Please download our private water supplies information leaflet and summary note for further information found at the top right hand side of the page.