| Down the Plughole: why is our water so expensive? |
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Page 6 of 8 Factbox - Water Usage - The average Cornishman will use 35 gallons (that’s 159 litres) of water each day - Cornwall’s main supply of water is at the Colliford reservoir on Bodmin Moor - If laid end to end, South West Water’s water mains would reach from Launceston to Australia - Through repair work and detecting leaks, South West Water saves enough water each day to meet the domestic needs of every Cornish customer Since water privatisation under the Conservative government, £1.5 billion has been spent on improvements to sewerage infrastructure and cleaning up the South West’s beaches. In the last year, how has some of that money been spent in Cornwall? - A £1 million scheme in Mevagissey, renovating more than 300 metres of sewers around the harbour area - A £1.3 million project to clean up Helford Creek, closing seven crude sewage outfalls and connecting 38 households to new sewers - A £4.2 million scheme to reline and renovate 88 km of water mains between Bodmin Moor and Padstow - A state-of-the-art sewage treatment works in St Agnes, worth £5.3 million, to improve bathing waters for swimmers and surfers - A £5.7 million sewage treatment scheme for Sennen and Porthcurno |
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