WATER BILLS TO RISE ABOVE INFLATION IN APRIL – The average household water and sewerage bill in England and Wales is to go up by an average 6%
The average household water and sewerage bill in England and Wales is to go up by an average 6% from April to help unlock “record investment”, an industry group has announced.
Water UK said the increases, equivalent to £27 a year, would leave households with an average annual bill of £473.
The body said the increase, while down on the previous year’s hike, was needed to fund infrastructure improvements following a backlash over deliberate sewage discharges and poor water supply resilience.
It announced in October last year that it was seeking permission for a much greater contribution from bill-payers over the second half of the decade.
In return for the money, the proposed business plan promised 10 new reservoirs, to cut leaks and stop the equivalent of 6,800 Olympic-sized swimming pools-worth of sewage spills.
Water UK said the latest hike would unlock a record £14bn investment to ensure supply security and “significantly reduce” the amount of sewage in rivers and seas.
