Editing Plymouth (section)

== Public services ==
[[File:Devonport leat 2.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Devonport Leat]] on [[Dartmoor]] looking up stream]]
Since 1973 Plymouth has been supplied water by [[South West Water]]. Prior to the 1973 take over it was supplied by Plymouth County Borough Corporation.<ref>The South West Water Authority Constitution Order 1973 (1973 No. 1307)</ref> Before the 19th century two [[leat]]s were built to provide drinking water for the town. They carried water from [[Dartmoor]] to Plymouth. A watercourse, known as Plymouth or [[Drake's Leat]], was opened on 24 April 1591 to tap the [[River Meavy]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Moseley |first=Brian |date=14 January 2013 |title=Water Supply to Plymouth |url=http://www.plymouthdata.info/WaterSupply-Plymouth.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016090134/http://www.plymouthdata.info/WaterSupply-Plymouth.htm |archive-date=16 October 2013 |access-date=13 February 2015 |website=The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History |publisher=Plymouth Data}}</ref> The [[Devonport Leat]] was constructed to carry fresh drinking water to the expanding town of [[Devonport, Devon|Devonport]] and its ever-growing dockyard. It was fed by three Dartmoor rivers: The [[West Dart River|West Dart]], Cowsic and Blackabrook. It seems to have been carrying water since 1797, but it was officially completed in 1801. It was originally designed to carry water to Devonport town but has since been shortened and now carries water to [[Burrator Reservoir]], which feeds most of the water supply of Plymouth.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moseley |first=Brian |date=8 July 2011 |title=Water Supply to Plymouth Dock/Devonport |url=http://www.plymouthdata.info/WaterSupply-Devonport.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517174241/http://www.plymouthdata.info/WaterSupply-Devonport.htm |archive-date=17 May 2013 |access-date=13 February 2015 |website=The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History |publisher=Plymouth Data}}</ref> Burrator Reservoir is located about {{convert|5|mi|0}} north of the city and was constructed in 1898 and expanded in 1928.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of Dartmoor |url=http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/lab-historydartmoor |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213175413/http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/lab-historydartmoor |archive-date=13 December 2007 |access-date=31 August 2008 |publisher=[[Dartmoor]] National Park Authority}}</ref>

[[File:Plymouth Crown and County Courts.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Plymouth Law Courts|Plymouth Combined Crown and County Court Centre]]]]
Plymouth City Council is responsible for waste management throughout the city and [[South West Water]] is responsible for sewerage.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rubbish and recycling |url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/environmentandplanning/rubbishandrecycling.htm |access-date=31 May 2008 |publisher=Plymouth City Council |archive-date=9 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609015326/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/environmentandplanning/rubbishandrecycling.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About SWW |url=http://www.swwater.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=128 |access-date=31 August 2008 |publisher=[[South West Water]] |archive-date=31 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831055619/http://www.swwater.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=128 |url-status=live }}</ref> Plymouth's electricity is supplied from the [[National Grid (UK)|National Grid]] and distributed to Plymouth via [[Western Power Distribution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westernpower.co.uk/default.asp|title=Western Power Distribution home page|publisher=[[Western Power Distribution]]|access-date=31 August 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080609104128/http://www.westernpower.co.uk/default.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 9 June 2008}}</ref> On the outskirts of [[Plympton]] a [[combined cycle]] gas-powered station, the [[Langage Power Station]], which started to produce electricity for Plymouth at the end of 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 March 2009 |title=Power station delayed for a year |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7927679.stm |access-date=27 March 2009 |archive-date=15 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315065748/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7927679.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Her Majesty's Courts Service]] provide a [[Magistrates' court (England and Wales)|magistrates' court]] and a [[Plymouth Law Courts|Combined Crown and County Court Centre]] in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Magistrates' Court search |url=http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/HMCSCourtFinder/ListCourts.do?pager.offset=224 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107011434/http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/HMCSCourtFinder/ListCourts.do?pager.offset=224 |archive-date=7 January 2009 |access-date=17 November 2008 |publisher=[[Her Majesty's Courts Service]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Combined Crown and County Court search |url=http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/HMCSCourtFinder/ListCourts.do?pager.offset=16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106214631/http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/HMCSCourtFinder/ListCourts.do?pager.offset=16 |archive-date=6 January 2009 |access-date=17 November 2008 |publisher=[[Her Majesty's Courts Service]]}}</ref> The Plymouth Borough Police, formed in 1836, eventually became part of [[Devon and Cornwall Constabulary]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History – Devon & Cornwall Constabulary |url=https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/our-people/our-history/ |access-date=10 July 2016 |publisher=[[Devon and Cornwall Constabulary]] |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819134010/https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/our-people/our-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There are police stations at Charles Cross and Crownhill (the Divisional HQ) and smaller stations at Plympton and Plymstock.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Plymouth City Centre & Waterfront – Devon & Cornwall Constabulary |url=https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/teams/Plymouth-City-Centre/Overview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819100855/https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/teams/Plymouth-City-Centre/Overview |archive-date=19 August 2016 |access-date=10 July 2016 |publisher=[[Devon and Cornwall Constabulary]]}}</ref> The city has one of the Devon and Cornwall Area [[Crown Prosecution Service]] Divisional offices.<ref>{{cite web |title=Your Local CPS: Devon and Cornwall |url=http://www.cps.gov.uk/local/southwest/devoncornwall.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312200539/http://www.cps.gov.uk/local/southwest/devoncornwall.html |archive-date=12 March 2008 |access-date=16 February 2008 |publisher=The [[Crown Prosecution Service]]}}</ref> Plymouth has five fire stations located in Camel's Head, [[Crownhill]], [[Greenbank, Plymouth|Greenbank]], [[Plympton]] and [[Plymstock]] which is part of [[Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=West Devon |url=http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/DevonFire/AboutUs/WhereWeAre/WestDevon/WestDevonMap.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704180832/http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/DevonFire/AboutUs/WhereWeAre/WestDevon/WestDevonMap.htm |archive-date=4 July 2007 |access-date=1 September 2008 |publisher=[[Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service]]}}</ref> The [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] have an [[Atlantic 85 class lifeboat]] and [[Severn class lifeboat]] stationed at [[Millbay Docks]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Plymouth Fleet |url=http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/PlymouthSouthDevon/fleet |access-date=24 March 2009 |publisher=[[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] |archive-date=31 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331200527/http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/PlymouthSouthDevon/fleet |url-status=live }}</ref>

Plymouth is served by Plymouth Hospitals [[NHS Trust]] and the city's [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] hospital is [[Derriford Hospital]] {{convert|4|mi|0}} north of the city centre. The Royal Eye Infirmary is located at Derriford Hospital.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 August 2008 |title=Plymouth Hospitals |url=http://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/ourorganisation/DevelopingOurHospitals/SuccessfulDevelopments/Pages/Home.aspx |access-date=24 February 2013 |publisher=Plymouth Hospitals |archive-date=22 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222060145/http://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/ourorganisation/DevelopingOurHospitals/SuccessfulDevelopments/Pages/Home.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> [[South Western Ambulance Service]] NHS Foundation Trust operates in Plymouth and the rest of the south west; its headquarters are in [[Exeter]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust website |url=http://www.wcas.nhs.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612220743/http://www.wcas.nhs.uk/ |archive-date=12 June 2008 |access-date=17 November 2008 |publisher=The [[South Western Ambulance Service]] NHS Trust}}</ref>

The mid-19th-century burial ground at [[Ford Park Cemetery]] was reopened in 2007 by a successful trust and the City council operate two large early 20th century cemeteries at [[Weston Mill]] and [[Efford]] both with crematoria and chapels. There is also a privately owned cemetery on the outskirts of the city, Drake Memorial Park which does not allow headstones to mark graves, but a brass plaque set into the ground.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drake Memorial Park |url=http://www.drakememorialpark.co.uk/index.php |access-date=16 May 2010 |publisher=The Drake Memorial Park |archive-date=16 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316201657/http://www.drakememorialpark.co.uk/index.php |url-status=live }}</ref>