Water Bill Sewerage Standing Charge Doubled

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The yearly standing charges for sewerage charged by Severn Trent has more than doubled this year from £16.23 to £33.23. This doesn't include surface water drainage as I don't pay that. This has come from an increase in highway drianage from £5 to £12 a year and used water standing charge from £11.23 to £21.23. I can't find anything explaining why there is such a large increase. Has anyone else seen anything? I initially assumed my bill was wrong but I've checked their published customer charges and it's correct. The price changed in April 2021. I've tried asking Severn Trent the reason but can't get anything other than stock answers about rises for inflation.
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Sounds like you are on a bargain basement price with ST, even with the increase
When will we be able to ditch and switch our water/sewerage suppliers like we can with energy?
£7.08 for Water
£2.55 for Sewerage
So £38.52 a year.
Water is £1.4244 per m3
Sewerage is charged at £1.8272 per m3 (based on 95% of measured water usage)
We use around 85 m3 per year so pay around £28 per month.
Not only because
But I'm not sure where they get the figure of £422 for Anglian Water.
If that were correct, based upon the prices I gave previously, that would assume an average property uses about 240m3 of water per year. That would be about 50% more than the figures usually thought appropriate for an average property with 4 inhabitants; even with 6 inhabitants an average property typically only consumes about 200m3 per year according to Southern Water
https://www.southernwater.co.uk/account/water-usage-guide
The prices I initially mentioned for AW were sewerage only, as that was the subject matter the OP had raised.
(and obviously only based upon a metered property, as that was what I presumed the OP has)
I know someone who lives in Gloucester (so very close to the River Severn) and lives in a 3 bed-semi. They paid £358.29 in total for combined water and sewerage on an unmetered basis.
SouthernWater, for metered properties, charge the following annual standing charges for sewerage only:
Wastewater: £23.81
Surface water drainage: £21.60
Highway drainage £10.80
But they also charge a whopping £2.045 / m3
https://www.southernwater.co.uk/account/how-we-calculate-your-bill
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