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Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 14 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 May 2007. It was answered by Ian Pearson (Labour) on Thursday, 24 May 2007 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Water: Consumption

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much water was used by (a) domestic, (b) business and (c) industry sectors in each year since 1992; and what the total water use was in each year.
Answer

Ofwat is the economic regulator of the water and sewerage industry in England and Wales. It collects information each year from companies on the amount of water consumed by household and non-household customers.The following tables show total water delivered to household and non-household customers for each year since 1992 in megalitres per day.

Water delivered 1992-93 to 2005-06
Megalitres per day
1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99
Households 7,987 8,120 8,313 8,815 8,600 8,464 8,281
Non households 4,508 4,261 4,217 4,317 4,263 4,047 3,926
Total 12,495 12,380 12,531 13,133 12,863 12,511 12,208
1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Households 8,431 8,464 8,627 8,643 8,872 8,700 8,726
Non households 3,939 3,871 3,871 3,825 3,831 3,756 3,683
Total 12,370 12,335 12,498 12,468 12,703 12,456 12,409

More information can be found in Ofwat's annual ‘Security of supply, leakage and water efficiency’ report. Copies have been placed in the Library of the House.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
460 c1420W; 137614
Session
2006-07
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 07/1384
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Consumption Water
Link
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