Anglian Water has just taken delivery of 52 new Vauxhall Combo vans

Anglian Water has just taken delivery of the first major fleet order of new Vauxhall Combo vans.

The company, which  is the largest water and wastewaster service in England and Wales by geographic area, will take delivery of 52 New Combos for its water and sewage operators and technical staff.

Anglian Water has specified the long wheelbase variant of the Combo, giving each van an impressive 4.2 cubic metres of load capacity and a 1,000kg payload. The vans have been fitted with the 1.3CDTi diesel engine, which returns a combined fuel economy figure of 55.4mpg and has CO2 emissions of 136g/km.

Anglian Water serves a region stretching from the Humber north of Grimsby to the Thames estuary in the south, and from Buckinghamshire in the west to Lowestoft in the east. Its operators have to service 80,000km of water and wastewater pipes over an area of 27,500 square kilometres, so the demands on its fleet of vans are significant.

The interior of the vans has been custom-fitted to Anglian Water's requirements by vehicle converter Bott.

Nigel Allen, Anglian Water’s Fleet Manager, said: “The New Combo will be a great addition to our fleet. We run around 1,200 vans and continue to be very happy with the combination of whole life cost, reliability, purchase cost and aftersales service offered by Vauxhall.”