Portsmouth Water Publications menu -access to Self Lay Mains information, Accounts reports, Activity Report, Network Access Code, etc

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Sustainable Water Supplies for the Future *

Customer Newsletter *

Preliminary Results 31th March 2008*

Report and Accounts *

Activity Report *

Access Code(Indicative Prices) *

Network Access Code *

Draft Statutory Drought Plan

Unaudited interim results for
the six months ended 30 September 2007 *

Regulatory Accounts 2008 *

Self Lay Water Mains and Service *

Water Resources Management Plan Strategic Environmental Assesment (SEA)*

Draft Water Resources Management Plan 2009 *

Monitoring Plan for 2005-10 *

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Publications

In these pages we provide copies of the Company's statutory and other publications which relate to our activities.

Click on the title listed to access the publication or see the resumé below for more information about each document.

Sustainable Water Supplies for the Future 2007

Sustainable Water Supplies for the future - Portsmouth Water's Strategic Direction Statement.

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Customer Newsletter *

The Company's annual newsletter is delivered to all customers and summarises the Company's activities during the previous year.

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Preliminary Results For The Year Ended 31th March 2008 *

Portsmouth Water Limited, a supplier of water to Hampshire and West Sussex, announced its results for the year to 31 March 2008.

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Report and Accounts *

The Company's Report and Accounts for 2008.

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If you use a dial-up connection, please note that this file is about 4MB. However, it's available in a paper format from our head office.

Activity Report *

A more detailed report outlining information about the following:

Levels of Customer Service as reported by OFWAT for the financial year.
Water Supply information for the year such as rainfall, groundwater levels, abstraction rates, leakage and burst mains.
Capital Works Improvements in progress during the year.
The annual report on conservation, recreation and access (as required by the Water Industry Act 1991).

Note that this is a very large file to download but the paper version of the document is available from our head office.

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The annual water quality report (as required by the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000) for 2005 can be viewed here .

Access Code (Indicative Prices) *

The indicative prices tabulated below have been produced in line with Ofwat's 'Guidance on Access Codes' methodology for assessing avoided and additional costs.

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Network Access Code *

The Company's Access Code covers details of the access principles and guidance for water supply entrants wishing to utilise the Company's network for supplying new customers.

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Draft Statutory Drought Plan

The Company's plan for managing demand during drought conditions.

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Please note that this is a large comprehensive document. If you have a dial-up connection, you may wish to consider using an internet terminal at your local library.

Statement of Response to Draft Statutory Drought Plan

Following consultation on our Draft Statutory Drought Plan, this Statement summarises the representations received and how we plan to respond to them.

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Unaudited Interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2007*

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Regulatory Accounts 2008 *

Financial statements for the year 2008.

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Self Lay Water Mains and Service

To view the Self Lay Water Mains and Service procedure guide, click .

Water Resources Management Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)*

Water Resources Management Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

A strategic Environmental Assessment Report has been prepared to provide high level and strategic protection of the environment by incorporating environmental considerations into the preparation of Portsmouth Water’s Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP). Under the requirements of the European Directive 2001/42/EC (the “SEA Directive”), it is now mandatory to undertake a SEA for all strategic plans and programmes. We consider that our draft WRMP is a strategic plan as defined by this Directive

This Environmental Report details the integration of environmental objectives into the plan formulation and the means by which environmental objectives have been shaped by the SEA process. Statutory Consultees, including the Environment Agency, Natural England, and English Heritage have been consulted in preparation of the Report.

The SEA process is seen as one of the key mechanisms for assessing the environmental implications associated with the options set out in the draft WRMP. Comments should be sent to Portsmouth Water:

By post :

Portsmouth Water Ltd
P.O.Box 8
West Street
Havant
Hants. PO9 1LG

e-mail: wrmp-sea@portsmouthwater.co.uk

SEA Environmental Report - Click here

If you do not have suitable software for viewing the PDF, please download the free Adobe Viewer

Please note that this file is 3MB and may take a long time to download without Broadband.

Draft Water Resources Management Plan 2009

The Water Resources Management Plan Regulations 2007 require water companies to produce a draft Statutory Water Resources Management Plan for public consultation. During the period 2nd May to 25th July 2008 the public and interested bodies such as the Environment Agency can comment on the Plan. Following the period of consultation the Company will, prior to the 31st October 2008, publish a Statement of Response.

Taking note of any comments received during the period of consultation, and any direction received from the Secretary of State, we propose to publish a final Water Resources Management Plan in July 2009.

If you wish to comment on the draft plan, please write to or e-mail the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) as follows:-

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs,

For the attention of Dawn Instone

Water Supply & Regulation Division,

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs,

Area 2C, Ergon House

Horseferry Road

London

SW1P 2AL

e-mail to: water.resources@defra.gsi.gov.uk

If you have any queries on our plan you can e-mail Portsmouth Water direct at wrmp@portsmouthwater.co.uk

Water Resources Management Plan 2009 – Summary

Portsmouth Water has a 150 year history of supplying water to Portsmouth and the surrounding areas. Recent research has shown that maintaining the security of supplies is the highest priority for our customers.

This year we are consulting upon our 25 year plan to ensure that we have sufficient supplies for new and existing customers through to 2035. The consultation runs from the 2nd May to 25th July 2008, and having considered the responses, we will submit our Final Plan for the next 25 years to the Secretary of State in April 2009.

To assist with the development of the Draft Plan, we have carried out a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The subsequent report has been published recently detailing the integration of environmental objectives into the plan and the means by which environmental objectives have been shaped by the SEA process. The Environment Agency, Natural England, and English Heritage were consulted. We have also paid particular attention to the Government's water strategy 'Future Water' which was published in February 2008. We recognise new regulations that designate the Portsmouth Water area as at serious water stress and which encourage the development of compulsory metering. We have co-operated fully with the Environment Agency in developing solutions which will protect the many important European Habitats sites in and around our area. We also recognise the part that both the Company and its customers can play in managing demand by reducing network leakage and encouraging water efficiency measures. Our demand forecasts take account of the growing demand from existing households, driven by lifestyle changes, as well as the new populations and households proposed in the 'South East Plan'. Reductions in our licences required to protect important habitats sites mean that by 2015 we may not have enough water to meet our customers expectations and so we have prepared a 'package of measures' which we believe are necessary to maintain supplies through to 2035.

We plan a number of 'demand management' measures such as:

Reducing leakage from the supply network by 10%
Implementing a planned programme of compulsory metering to all households by 2035
Implementing an active Water Efficiency Programme incorporating a number of measures for customers

Savings from demand management measures are, however, not expected to be enough to maintain supplies and so we need to develop new resources too:

We plan to install new plant at our Farlington Water Treatment Works to reduce waste water which is currently discharged to public sewers
We intend to develop new boreholes at our Lavant and Brickkiln Water Treatment Works, near Chichester to achieve the licensed abstraction limits
We propose to continue to develop the Havant Thicket Winter Storage Reservoir by 2021 where we will store the surplus yield of the Havant & Bedhampton springs during the wintertime

All of our proposals have been developed using a costing model which minimises the costs to customers and the environment as well as carbon emissions.

Draft Water Resources Management Plan (DWRMP)

Executive Summary – click here

Volume 1 including Executive Summary - click here

Please note that this file is large and may take a long time to download without Broadband.

Volume 2 Appendices 1 to 19

Each of the Appendices is in a separate .pdf file and can be downloaded separately.

1. Household And Population Forecast

2. Domestic Consumption Monitor

3. Confidential information - deleted

4. Economic Level Of Consumption

5. Peak Demand Data

6. Outage Assessment