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Before you fill up the kettle or step in the shower, your water starts its journey in one of 425 groundwater sources (which we access through boreholes), 8 reservoirs and 9 rivers.

The map below shows the different water sources that supply your area:

Find out more about the water resources in your area

Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire

Central Lincolnshire: 83% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 17% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

Bourne: 100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

East Lincolnshire: 67% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 33% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).
Nottinghamshire:100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).
South Lincolnshire: 42% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 58% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

Ruthamford

Ruthamford North: 0% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 100% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

Ruthamford South: 18% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 82% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

Fenland

North Fenland: 67% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 33% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

South Fenland: 47% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 53% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

Norfolk

Happisburgh: 100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

North Norfolk Coast: 100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

North Norfolk Rural: 100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).
Norwich and the Broads:45% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 55% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).
South Norfolk Rural: 100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

East Suffolk and Essex

Central Essex: 100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

East Suffolk: 62% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 38% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

South Essex: 62% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 38% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk

Cheveley, Ely, Newmarket, Sudbury, Ixworth and Bury-Haverhill:

100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

Thetford: 100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

Hartlepool

Hartlepool: 100% of your drinking water comes from local groundwater sources and 0% comes from surface water (rivers and reservoirs).

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