<h4>Portsmouth Water supplies clean drinking water to an area which covers 868 square kilometres. The area covered by the Company stretches through Hampshire and West Sussex from the River Meon in the West to the River Arun in the East.</h4>
<p><strong>Area supplied</strong>: 868 square kilometres</p>
<p><strong>Population</strong>: 740,000</p>
<p><strong>Number of water sources</strong>: 21 (1 group of springs, 1 river, 19 borehole sites)</p>
<p><strong>Number of service reservoir sites</strong>: 30</p>
<p><strong>Number of treatment works</strong>: 21</p>
<p><strong>Length of mains</strong>: 3,387 kilometres</p>
<p><strong>Number of properties supplied</strong>: 324,000 </p>
<p><strong>Water samples taken for analysis</strong>: 12,000 per year</p>
<p><strong>Annual income</strong>: £45.4 million</p>
<p><strong>Number of employees</strong>: 357 </p>
<p><strong>Average daily distribution input</strong>: 183 million litres per day</p>
<p><strong>Average cost per household approximately 2023/2024</strong>: £0.41 per day/£150 per year (including inflation</p>
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