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About the Water Supply
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over 46,000 kilometres of
water pipes, 48,000 kilometres of sewer pipes, 1807 waste water
treatment works (including 1274 septic tanks) and 368 water treatment
works plus pumping stations, sludge treatment centres, reservoirs
provide water to 5 million customers in 2.2 million households and
133,000 business customers
Two and a half billion litres of water is provided every day and
nearly one billion litres of waste water is taken away and treated
before being returned to the rivers and seas.
Scottish Water is the sole provider of water and waste water services
to an area of 78,000 square kilometres (over 30,000 square miles), a
third of the area of Britain. And Scotland has a longer coastline -
almost 10,000 kilometres (over 6,200 miles) - with a small and
relatively dispersed population which requires a large number of small
water and waste water treatment works.
It is the fourth largest water and waste water services provider in the
UK and at £1 billion it is in Scotland’s list of top 20
businesses by turnover.
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