Northern Ireland Water Annual Report & Accounts 2018/19

Impounding reservoirs We collect water from the environment We treat used water and return it safely to the environment Sludge is de-watered before being incinerated We use pumping stations to get the used water to our treatment works 23 Water treatment works We clean the water, making it safe to drink We use pumping stations to get the drinking water to our customers We store the drinking water in service reservoirs We collect used water from our customers We distribute the drinking water to our customers through water mains Our customers rely on the services we provide 370 345 Service reservoirs Pumping stations 875,000 Households and businesses 575m Litres per day 340m Litres per day 24 27,000km of water mains 16,000km of sewers Households and businesses 710k Pumping stations 1,300 Used water treatment works 1,030 Sludge management centres 64 We collect used water from our customers using a network of sewers NI Water Annual Report and Accounts 2018/19 NI Water Annual Report and Accounts 2018/19 8 9 Strategic Report Strategic Report Recycling your used water Delivering your drinking water About NI Water It costs around £460m each year to deliver water services in Northern Ireland. Thousands of assets at a value of around £3bn, are operated and maintained to provide these services. This includes over 40,000km of water mains and sewers - one and a half times longer than Northern Ireland’s entire road network and long enough to circle planet earth.