Anglian Water Authority was formed in 1974 by virtue of the Water Act 1973 as one of the regional water authorities. [1] It established its headquarters in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. The authority boundary was the pre-existing boundaries of the constituent river authorities whose total area made Anglian Water Authority the largest of the ten newly created Authorities. It subsumed the roles and responsibilities of:
It also took over sewage treatment and sewerage responsibilities of all the local authorities in the area with the exception of:
It also became responsible for the water supply functions previously exercised by the following:
In 1989, the privatisation of the water industry in England and Wales saw the creation of Anglian Water who took over the water treatment and supply and sewerage and sewage disposal functions. All the remaining regulatory functions including flood control, water quality management, pollution control and water resource management were transferred to the newly created National Rivers Authority, which was subsequently subsumed into the new Environment Agency in 1996.