Northern Ireland Water (formerly Water Service) is the sole provider of water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland. It is a Government Owned Company (GoCo) set up in April 2007 to provide the water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland. There are approximately 795,000 domestic, agricultural, commercial and business properties in Northern Ireland connected to the public water supply and 660,000 connected to the public sewerage system. Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) supplies 625 million liters of clean water every day for almost 1.7 million people and treats 134 million m3 of wastewater each year.