Dairy firm applies for self supply licences

Dairy products company, Aria Foods, has applied for self supply water and sewerage licences (WSSL).

Aria has entered into a partnership agreement with Waterscan to act as its managing agent, taking responsibility for retail functions, including meter reading, Central Market Operating System transactions, wholesaler management and finding further water efficiency savings.

In its business plan, Arla Food said a self-supply licence will provide it with “the requisite level of visibility, and the data and control it needs to focus and deliver on its strategy of protecting the environment and safeguarding its business from water scarcity.”

The company is owned by 12,000 dairy farmers of which 2,500 are based in the UK. It has ten sites in England.