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About the Water Supply Companies

Portsmouth Water ( portsmouthwater.co.uk )

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Portsmouth Water serves a population of 655,000 over 868 square kilometres of the south coast. To do this it uses 21 reservoirs and 20 treatment works.

The length of mains is 3,222 kilometres which deliver an average of 175 million litres of water per day

Most household customers can have a water meter fitted free, subject to a satisfactory survey, and can revert to an unmeasured charge within twelve months if they choose.

Portsmouth Water impose compulsory water metering:
Where garden watering is undertaken other than by hand.
Where the property has an automatically replenished swimming pool.
For a double bath - that is a bath with a capacity of over 230 litres/50 gallons.
Where a Reverse Osmosis type water softener system is fitted.
For a power shower (Pumped and Multihead variety).

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