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Within this choice set, the preferred water tariff depends on multiple factors including: the goals of water pricing; the capacity of a water services supplier to allocate its costs, to price water, and to collect revenues from its customers; the price responsiveness of water consumers; and what is considered to be a fair or just water tariff. [4]
It has been estimated that transfers to the water sector in India amounted to ₹ 54,708 million (US$655.5 million) per year in the mid-1990s, accounting for 4% of all government subsidies in India. About 98% of this subsidy is said to come from State rather than Central budgets. [ 83 ]
As of 2022, Thames Water extracts, treats and supplies 2.5 billion litres (550 million imperial gallons) of drinking water per day using 97 water treatment works, 308 clean water pumping stations and 31,100 km (19,300 mi) of managed water mains to 10.2 million customers (4 million properties) across London and the Thames Valley. [64]
Bill rises for all companies until 2030 have already been announced by the regulator Ofwat, with Thames Water bills rising from an average £435.56 to £534.79 – a 22.8 per cent increase.
The water regulator has confirmed that average water bills will rise by 36% between 2025 and 2030.
England's largest water and sewerage service provider is Thames Water. Thames Water supplies drinking water to 9 million customers in London and the Thames Valley, and loses 600m litres of water per day. [36]
Thames Water saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half as its debts continued to spiral. The company reported 359 so-called category one to three pollution incidents in the six ...
In 1989 the Thames Water Authority was partly privatised, under the provisions of the Water Act 1989 [3] with the water and sewage responsibilities transferring to the newly established publicly quoted company of Thames Water, and the regulatory, land drainage and navigation responsibilities transferring to the newly created National Rivers Authority which later became the Environment Agency.