OREANDA-NEWS. July 30, 2012. Tallinna Vesi's operational performance report for the 1st half of 2012 talk about the consistently high quality of drinking water in Estonia's capital and the focus of the Company on consistently imrpving the customer service and on raising the awareness of the local community about environmental issues and activities.

Tallinna Vesi reported that the operational results in the first half of 2012 are continuously in very high level. The Company assures the operational and quality indicators have exceeded expectations in comparison with the previous year, showing constant improvement.

Additionally to comply with environmental and quality requirements, the Company is committed in cleaner environment, sustainable use of water resources as well as creating environmental awareness among people. This is witnessed by the significant reduction in leakages, enabled by the Company's focused efforts. When in 2001 the level of leakages exceeded 32%, in the 1st half of 2012 the level reached just 16.40%. Compared to ten years ago, more than 13 thousand cubic metres of treated drinking water are saved on a daily basis. The company continues its efforts for a cleaner Baltic Sea, in a single year, the amount of nitrogen discharged to the Baltic Sea has decreased significantly. Compared to the 1st half of 2011, the volume of discharge has decreased by 169 tons.

Drinking water quality is continuously very high. During the 1st half of 2012, 99.73% of water samples taken at customers' taps were compliant with all requirements. From 1457 samples taken, only 4 did not comply with the requirements. These exceptions were mostly caused by construction activity in Tallinn. The Company follows a water-sampling programme approved by the Health Board. The programme specifically determines sampling sites, sampling frequency and parameters to be analysed.