Total water use, by the household and non-household sectors, for each water company since 1997-98 is shown in the following table.
1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Anglian 932 911 920 903 896 923 925 912 914 Dwr Cymru 644 628 624 622 633 632 629 628 626 Northumbrian 595 594 590 576 573 554 552 544 541 United Utilities 1,477 1,440 1,434 1,443 1,447 1,443 1,457 1,402 1,421 Severn Trent 1,503 1,504 1,508 1,498 1,500 1,383 1,422 1,390 1,372 South West 339 337 337 333 341 343 355 353 344 Southern 495 485 483 478 499 492 496 483 479 Thames 1,732 1,682 1,853 1,853 1,845 1,849 1,876 1,842 1,887 Wessex 230 275 276 277 282 281 293 288 283 Yorkshire 925 904 926 928 969 955 953 953 944 Bournemouth and W. Hants 131 126 133 130 130 134 141 140 135 Bristol 243 239 235 232 239 233 237 230 232 Cambridge 58 57 57 57 53 59 61 61 61 Dee Valley 58 59 58 58 53 53 59 57 58 Essex and Suffolk 405 399 393 383 396 391 403 389 393 Folkestone 40 40 40 40 42 41 42 38 37 Md Kent 127 127 130 126 128 128 135 132 131 Portsmouth 145 143 150 145 149 145 155 148 146 South East 283 282 287 289 297 299 320 316 311 South Staffs 256 249 249 252 257 254 261 252 251 Sutton and East Surrey 130 126 129 128 134 135 143 136 134 Tendring Hundred 26 24 24 24 25 25 26 25 25 Three Valleys 653 646 665 681 703 697 733 714 715 Industry 11,477 11,274 11,495 11,455 11,605 11,468 11,680 11,432 11,443