Around 40 sites owned by South West Water which are no longer needed by the company, including parcels of woodland, redundant water storage tanks, a reservoir and even a former water treatment works are being sold at public auction next month.
Twelve underground water storage tanks, from Looe in the far west to Haldon Hill near Exeter in the east, are among the lots. The auction will also include a variety of land parcels, ranging from amenity land of less than an acre to more than 300 acres at Vennford reservoir, near Buckfastleigh.
Other lots of interest include a self-contained open-air reservoir at Butterbrook, near Plymouth, and the former Watercombe Water Treatment Works on Dartmoor.
The company's Property Manager Chris Shapland said:
"We regularly auction redundant assets to reduce our costs and keep customers' bills as low as possible. Fifty per cent of the proceeds of the sale of the land will be returned to customers through South West Water's next price setting.”
Further details about the auction, which will take place on 26 March at the Lakeside Centre at Roadford Lake between Launceston and Okehampton, are available at www.southwestwater-auctions.co.uk.
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