Water Supply

Legacy_user

Is it possible to change water suppliers,im with Yorkshire Water.

Cardew

No! not possible.

macman

Unless you are a business customer in Scotland.

MothballsWallet

English business customers can change in 2017.
English domestic customers will be able to change some time after that.
Of course, the Ofwat site doesn't tell you this on its FAQ page, even though they've agreed to let it happen.

Cardew

MothballsWallet wrote: »

English business customers can change in 2017.
English domestic customers will be able to change some time after that.
Of course, the Ofwat site doesn't tell you this on its FAQ page, even though they've agreed to let it happen.

I cannot see how this is going to be set up.


Let us take the South West where water charges are two to three times as expensive as some other parts of UK.


The reason for this state of affairs is a large geographic area that is sparsely populated; plus a huge coastline. SW water have the responsibility for that task.


So what is the position if, say, Thames Water decide to get involved?

macman

How does it work in Scotland (for business customers)?

Cardew

macman wrote: »

How does it work in Scotland (for business customers)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Scotland

deanos

Business can change in 2017 as stated, no plans to change domestic

http://www.unitedutilities.com/documents/update-competion-water-supply-leaflet.pdf

In 2002, the Government said that it would not introduce competition for household customers. It felt that the cost and complexity of the regulation that would be required would outweigh any benefits

MothballsWallet

deanos wrote: »

Business can change in 2017 as stated, no plans to change domestic

http://www.unitedutilities.com/documents/update-competion-water-supply-leaflet.pdf

The household customer thing is not quite what we were told when I was at Severn Trent: our CEO at the time said that business customers would get the choice in 2017, household customers would be a few years after that.

This information was supposed to have come from Ofwat themselves.

D-Howard

If in a rural area, have you considered a borehole? For about 50 metres depth, pump and equipment you will need around £8-9.000.