The money you pay through your water bills will go towards our £1.8 billion investment programme, equivalent to spending almost £1,000 for every property in our region.

The tables below show how we spend your money:

		Average water bill: £149		Average wastewater bill: £267
		Operating costs: The day-to-day costs of running the treatment works and water resources that supply fresh drinking water all year round £63		Operating costs: The day-to-day costs of running 2,300 pumping stations and 370 wastewater treatment works £73
		Asset renewal, water mains: We spend millions of pounds every year replacing water mains to reduce leaks, bursts and interruptions to supplies  £25		Asset renewal, sewers: We spend millions of pounds each year looking after 39,700km of sewers, repairing or replacing them when problems are detected and reducing the risks of flooding or pollution £11
		Asset renewal, treatment works: We spend millions of pounds improving the quality of the water which comes out of your taps £36		Asset renewal, treatment works: We spend millions of pounds increasing the capacity of wastewater treatment works to enable our system to cope with a fast-growing population £97
		Financing costs: The costs involved in funding our multi-million pound  investment programme £23		Financing costs: The costs involved in funding our multi-million pound investment programme £82
		Tax: £2		Tax: £4