| Area
supplied |
868
square kilometres |
| Population |
652,400 |
| Number
of water sources |
19
(1 group of springs, 1 river, 17 borehole sites) |
| Number
of service reservoir sites |
19 |
| Number
of treatment works |
19 |
| Length
of mains |
3,222
kilometres |
| Number
of properties supplied |
297,000
(278,000 household ; 19,000 business) |
| Water
samples taken for analysis |
13,000
per year |
| Annual
income |
£32.8
million |
| Number
of employees |
230 |
| Average
daily distribution input |
178 million litres per day |
| Typical
summer peak |
240
million litres per day |
| Average
domestic consumption |
162
litres per person per day |
| Average
cost per household |
approximately
22p per day |
