MSE News: Water bill prices set to rise this April

Former_MSE_Helen

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"Although water bill prices are being hiked the Consumer Council for Water says there are still ways to save. ..."

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"Water bill prices set to rise this April"

Froggy-G

Yep, just had our new bill this morning, and its 10% higher per month, starting in April.. Just shocking...

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

It's stupid. It's more expensive but the water doesn't taste any different.

BackOnTrack

A_Flock_Of_Sheep wrote: »

It's stupid. It's more expensive but the water doesn't taste any different.

Thats sort of the point. If the price didn't go up it might well start to taste different, and not in a good way.

If you want a safe, secure supply of water you have to pay for it and given average bills still equate to less than £1 a day thats not a bad deal for a safe and secure water supply, and sewage system.

Of course if you want to pay less get a meter and use less water.

tori.k

Unless you live under SWW domain then your safe secure water will cost you an average of £2.50 a day

Ken68

No mention of FREE rainwater. Retrofitting a small system wouldn't cost more than two years water bills. And buckets are even cheaper.

flexrider

found a SOLUTION to everyones problems...start taking a wash in the canals or lakes nearby...Haha before anyone attack me im just showing some humour to the post? :0)

EmehEm2005

Free rainwater-using Yorkshire Water previously owned by you and me and sold for nowt to YW by Thatcher was taken private in a £3.04 billion deal(!) in February 2008 by global infrastructure fund, Saltaire Water - a consortium of investment companies including American bank Citigroup and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

Thames Water was acquired by Kemble Water Limited on 1 December 2006. Kemble Water Limited is 100 per cent owned by Kemble Water Holdings Limited. The investors in Kemble Water Holdings Limited comprised Macquarie's European Infrastructure Funds 1 & 2, certain other Macquarie-managed funds and various non-Macquarie investors made up largely of pension funds and other institutional investors from Europe, Canada and Australia.

Anglian Water owned by 80% foreign-owned multinational Osprey consortium.

After privatisation tariffs increased by 46% in real terms during the first nine years, operating profits have more than doubled (+142%) in eight years, investments were reduced and public health was jeopardized through cut-offs for non-payment.

See Wikipedia and websites for all details.

shjo558

Scotland have had a marginal decrease in water charges and marginal increase in waste water charges for 2011/12.

kurgon

Does anyone kbow how they have justified the increase? Even with the current rate of inflation this far outceeds this so where i9s the rational for Ofwat agreeing the rise?

telboyo

All the water companies claim the increases are based on increased costs and the average is about 10% except DWR cymru which has increased by 4%.
Dwr Cymru does not have ordinary shareholders and is owned by its members.
The increased costs by the other companies must be icreased dividends.