cheapest water provider

kiwi07

Hi, please, could you recommend me the cheapest water supplier?

deanos

You cant choose supplier

Cardew

deanos wrote: »

You cant choose supplier

Ah but you can choose where you live;)

Snakeeyes21

Well it certainly aint south west water.
bunch of thieving gits

deanos

There are consultations on at the moment about choosing providers but its a few years off yet

bluewire

It is further off than "a few years".

Until ALL properties have a water meter installed it is not something that can be done.

It would not be allowed for one company to provided the water for another company to sell it when they have no way of tracking how much is being used.

Water competition will only get a far as commercial properties in the coming years as it is very rare for these not to have a meter.

pitkin2020

Snakeeyes21 wrote: »

Well it certainly aint south west water.
bunch of thieving gits

i'll 2nd that

Cardew

Snakeeyes21 wrote: »

Well it certainly aint south west water.
bunch of thieving gits

It is quite unjust that the South West pay so much more than the rest of UK for their water and sewerage.

However that is hardly the fault of SW Water and their profitability is no higher than any other water company - profits are controlled by the Regulator ofwat who has far bigger teeth than other Regulators.

You can go right back and blame Maggie Thatcher's Government who privatised the water industry and left the South West with an inadequate infrastructure and huge commitments, with relatively few residents and industry to foot the bill.

An analogy would be if the Post Office was privatised, and each area had to pay an economic cost for postage, some of the Scottish Islands would pay £3 to post a letter.

lapat

bluewire wrote: »

It is further off than "a few years".

Until ALL properties have a water meter installed it is not something that can be done . not strictly true

It would not be allowed for one company to provided the water for another company to sell it when they have no way of tracking how much is being used. this is relativeley easy to do.

Water competition will only get a far as commercial properties in the coming years as it is very rare for these not to have a meter.this already happens now albeit to companys that use a massive amount of water and bargaining power

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