 This deal will include South Staffs Water (SSW) and its non-regulated businesses, SSI Services and Echo Managed Services.South Staffordshire Water provides drinking water to 1.6 million consumers and supplies 330 million litres of water every day across a network of pipes that total in length to approximately 500,000 homes and 36,000 business customers in an area covering .Under Ofwat’s measure of overall service to customers, OPA, the company has been positioned in the top 5 of the generally 20–23 water companies in every year since 1999.