industry public utility founded 1857 headquarters portsmouth and parts of hampshire and west sussex havant england united kingdom area served 868 km2 revenue 28 million number of employees 235 website www.portsmouthwater.co.uk portsmouth water is the utility company responsible for water supply and distribution in the city of portsmouth part of east hampshire and part of west sussex . places served include gosport fareham portsmouth havant chichester and bognor regis . the company is a private limited company with company number 2536455 . 1 n 1 contents 1 history 2 portsmouth water today 3 external links 4 notes and references history edit started in 1857 as the borough of portsmouth waterworks company to supply portsmouth . joined with gosport waterworks company in 1955 . a new hq in havant was opened in 1966 . portsmouth water today edit there are now 18 borehole sites throughout the catchment area from the south downs groundwater and the natural springs in havant and bedhampton . there are up to 25 springs used at any one time producing up to 170 million litres per day . 2 external links edit official website notes and references edit notes the wastewater company for this area is southern water . references uk companies house portsmouth water website v t e united kingdom water industry water and sewerage companies in england anglian water northumbrian water severn trent water southern water south west water thames water united utilities wessex water yorkshire water water only companies in england affinity water albion water bournemouth water bristol water cambridge water company cholderton and district water company essex and suffolk water hartlepool water portsmouth water south east water south staffordshire water sutton and east surrey water scotland scottish water government northern ireland northern ireland water government wales dee valley water welsh water not for profit crown dependencies jersey water guernsey water isle of man water and sewerage authority english regulators consumer council for water drinking water inspectorate environment agency water services regulation authority ofwat this water supply related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title portsmouth water & oldid 671303727 categories water companies of englandcompanies based in west sussexcompanies based in portsmouthwater supply stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 july 2015 at 20 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view