Business at a Glance

	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005-06
Water assets
Kilometres of water main (distribution and reticulation)	3,785	3,906	4,004	4,078
Pumping stations (no.)	9	9	9	9
Tanks (no.)	6	6	6	6
Water products
Amount of water purchased from Melbourne Water (GL)	121.3	109.5	108.8	109.8
Sewer assets
Kilometres of sewer (main, branch and reticulation)	3,291	3,400	3,513	3,582
Pumping stations	71	71	72	74
Sewage treatment plants	1	1	1	1
Sewerage products
Amount of sewage delivered to Melbourne Water (GL)	89.2	84.5*	89.5*	78.9
Amount of sewage treated at the Altona Treatment Plant (GL)	5.8	5.9	6.0*	6.0
Total trade waste received (GL)	16.1	16.4	16.3	16.3
Economic
Total value of assets ($ million)	686.1	735.5	803.0**	863.4
Total revenue ($ million)	195.3	188.7	263.6**	256.3
Net sales ($ million)	108.5	102.7	106.4	112.0
Capitalisation (debt plus equity) ($ million)	542.0	599.1	622.0**	666.5
Social
Residential customers	256,486	265,760	275,964	283,972
Non-residential (including trade waste) customers	29,363	30,295	31,278	32,047
Total customers	285,849	296,055	307,242	316,019
Trade waste customers	5,422	5,463	5,590	5,733
Population estimate	663,767***	681,140***	696,753***	709,887
Employees
Employees	191	218	230	244
Employee full-time equivalents	184.7	208.56	223.65	234.37

*The sewerage product information from last year’s report has been recalculated. This restatement is the result of rounding errors.
**The economic information has been restated in-line with the requirement for companies to report using the Australian Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (AIFRS).
***Population data has been changed due to more accurate data received from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.