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Operational Assets  
   
Water  
   
Impounding reservoirs Four
Sources 142
Water treatment works 95
Water supply booster stations 157
Service reservoirs/water towers 237
Length of mains 13,688 kilometres
Water from underground 69%
Water from rivers 26%
Water from reservoirs 5%
   
Wastewater  
   
Sewage treatment works 370
Sewage pumping stations 2,248
Length of sewers 39,200 kilometres
   
Supply and Demand  
   
Water supply population 2,275,510 people
Water demand 555 million litres per day
Average water use 145 litres per person per day
Sewerage population 4,340,522 people
Amount of sewage treated 1,300 million litres per day
Leakage 2009/10 95.15 million litres per day
Water Meters 401,908
   
Finance  
   
Turnover 08/09 £667.8 million
Profit 08/09 £97.4 million
   
Investment 2005 - 2010 £1.8 billion
Average number of employees during 2008 1,476
Average household bill 2010/11 £397
Average cost per day per household £1
   
Quality  
   
Overall quality of drinking water 99.95%
Number of water quality tests 630,000
Substances tested for 100
Beaches reaching EU mandatory standard 2009 100%
Beaches reaching Blue Flag standard 2008 70%

 


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