Employee trust share purchase

Northumbrian Water Group PLC
24 January 2007



                            Northumbrian Water Group plc

                                (the "Company")


The Company has today been advised of the purchase of 70,000 Ordinary 10p
shares, at a price of 296.75 pence per share, by the Northumbrian Water Share
Scheme Trustees Limited (the "Trust") on 24 January 2007.


Following this purchase, the Trust has a holding of 1,046,668 Ordinary 10p
shares, representing 0.2% of the Company's issued share capital.


The Trust holds these shares in order to satisfy awards made under the Company's
LTIP, and so John Cuthbert and Chris Green, as executive directors of the
Company, and Ceri Jones and Graham Neave, as PDMRs of the Company, are potential
beneficiaries of some of these shares.



Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Jayne Powell, Assistant Company Secretary
Tel: [phone]




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