no dividends to shareholders were paid in recent years. They did pay some dividends from the operating business to the holding companies – this was needed in order to be able to service debt at the holding level. While factually correct that no dividends to shareholders were paid, the payment of such dividends is most likely prohibited by the financing documents. Performance Every day, Thames Water abstracts / extracts, treats and supplies of potable tap water from 100 water treatment works via 288 clean water pumping stations through of managed water mains to 10 million customers (3.6 million properties) across London and the Thames Valley. It maintains 30 raw water reservoirs and 235 underground service reservoirs. As well as direct customers, Thames Water supplies bulk clean water to some inset companies. Other inset companies maintain their own independent means of supply. Likewise, it daily removes, treats and disposes of of wastewater from 15 million customers (5.1 million properties) using 2530 sewage pumping stations through of managed sewerage mains to 348 sewage treatment works across an area of of South England. On 1 October 2011, it adopted - an additional 60% - of private sewers and lateral drains to add to its then stock of giving a new network of . By 2015, this figure had grown to of managed sewerage mains. Before 1 October 2016, it is obliged to adopt 5,000+ private sewage pumping stations to add to its current stock of 2530 managed sewage pumping stations Again, Thames Water treats and disposes of bulk sewage on behalf of some inset companies. Thames Water produces biosolid fertiliser as a by-product from the waste treatment, and supplies this to local farms. It also recovers phosphates – an increasingly important source of a dwindling naturally occurring mineral. , it recovered approximately 18 MW (156 GWh per year), or 12.5% of its total energy requirements from renewable electricity generated from biogas collected from the sewage. Further biogas capacity, the burning of 'fatbergs' removed from London's sewers and substantial solar farms have enabled the company to announce a 2015–16 target of generating 36 MW (318 GWh per annum) or 20% of its total energy requirements from renewable sources, a 2020 target of self-generating 33% of electricity needs, and a commitment to 100% renewable energy eventually. Health and safety In December 2014 Thames Water pleaded guilty to a charge under the Health and Safety at