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PRESS RELEASE

 

4th June 2007

PORTSMOUTH WATER PREPARES FOR ITS
150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

 

Portsmouth Water was first incorporated as an independent Company in 1857, and in 2007 it is celebrating 150 years of providing high quality water supplies to the people of Portsmouth and the surrounding areas.

During June and July the Company will be publicising a number of initiatives which celebrate the efforts of the staff who have worked to maintain the high standards and low charges that customers enjoy

•           A new Drought Tolerant Garden has been established at the entrance to the Company's Head Office. It will be used on the website and in a number of publications to demonstrate that gardens that don't have to be watered can still be colourful.

•           The Company's Annual Newsletter to customers includes a centre spread (copy attached) which outlines the key events which have shaped the Company's infrastructure.Click here to view PDF. (Reqires Acrobat Reader)

•          A new Exhibition display at Portsmouth City Museum will open on 21st June covering the history of the developments of water supplies in Portsmouth.

•           On Friday 13th July the Company's celebrations will culminate with the opening of  the new Membrane Filtration Plant at the River Itchen works off Allington Lane, West End near Southampton.

•           On the same day the winners of the sponsored Art Competition by students from Havant College will be presented with their prizes.

•           The Company's Annual Newsletter to customers includes a centre spread (copy attached) which outlines the key events which have shaped the Company's infrastructure.

For further information, contact Neville Smith.

 

ENDS

 
Notes to Editors

Portsmouth Water is one of the oldest water companies in the country, having been incorporated in 1857.

Our Water Sources

Our water, of high quality, is derived from the chalk of the South Downs and is abstracted from wells, boreholes, springs and the River Itchen.

The Springs at Havant and Bedhampton are thought to be the largest group of springs used for public supplies in Europe.

Statistics

We serve 286,000 homes and businesses in an area covering 868 square kilometres (335 square miles) from the River Meon in Hampshire to the River Arun in West Sussex.

Every day we supply around 180 million litres (40 million gallons) of water to a population of over 640,000 people at the lowest cost in England and Wales.

Our Distribution Network

Water is supplied to our customers through a network of over 3,200 kilometres (1,990 miles) of underground water mains and more than 280,000 individual service connections, all of which are continuously maintained by our distribution staff.