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Our Plans for 2015-20 1 Brochure B Additional improvements There are five additional improvements Northumbrian Water could make over the next five years if customers think that they are sufficiently important. Reduced risk of loss of supply (lasting more than 6 days) Ensure communities of more than 100,000 people living in Sunderland, Durham and North Tyneside have more than one source of supply. This will reduce the chance of losing their water supply for more than six days if a rare event such as a major power failure or widespread flood ever happens. Fewer unexpected interruptions Reduce the number of customers whose water supply is cut-off unexpectedly, for more than 3 hours, from 18,000 to 12,000 per year. Improved coastal water quality Go further with our plan to improve bathing water quality so that 5 bathing waters at Seaham, Saltburn and Seaton Carew move beyond ‘Sufficient’ status to ‘Good’. Reduced risk of sewer flooding Increase the length of sewers we clean from 250 to 330 miles every year so that the risk of our sewerage system causing flooding inside customers’ homes is reduced further. Reduced low water pressure Reduce the number of properties that experience low water pressure below the minimum standard from 150 to 50.

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Our Plans for 2015-20 1 Brochure B

Additional improvementsThere are five additional improvements Northumbrian Water could make over the next five years if customers think that they are sufficiently important.

Reduced risk of loss of supply (lasting more than 6 days)Ensure communities of more than 100,000 people living in Sunderland, Durham and North Tyneside have more than one source of supply. This will reduce the chance of losing their water supply for more than six days if a rare event such as a major power failure or widespread flood ever happens.

Fewer unexpected interruptionsReduce the number of customers whose water supply is cut-off unexpectedly, for more than 3 hours, from 18,000 to 12,000 per year.

Improved coastal water qualityGo further with our plan to improve bathing water quality so that 5 bathing waters at Seaham, Saltburn and Seaton Carew move beyond ‘Sufficient’ status to ‘Good’.

Reduced risk of sewer floodingIncrease the length of sewers we clean from 250 to 330 miles every year so that the risk of our sewerage system causing flooding inside customers’ homes is reduced further.

Reduced low water pressureReduce the number of properties that experience low water pressure below the minimum standard from 150 to 50.

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Cost of additional ImprovementsReduced risk of loss of supply (lasting more than 6 days) £0.70

Fewer unexpected interruptions £0.60

Improved coastal water quality £0.60

Reduced risk of sewer flooding £0.90

Reduced low water pressure £0.20

Total by 2019-20 £3.00

If customers want these additional improvements bills would gradually increase by 60p each year over the five year period, reaching an additional sum

of £3.00 (without inflation) by 2019-20.

What this would mean for the average bill payer by 2019-20:

Bills change by inflation plus an extra 60p each year for all additional improvements

2014-15 2019-202015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Averagebill

£426Average

bill

£377Average

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£401

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£365

Averagebill

£388

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£413

Bills change by inflation plus an extra 50p each year for all additional improvements

2014-15 2019-202015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Averagewater

bill£264.50

Averagewater

bill£233

Averagewater

bill£248

Averagewaterbill

£226

Averagewaterbill

£241

Averagewaterbill

£256