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Southern Water customers will be hit by the biggest increase, with bills going up 53% - £642 on average - by 2030. Wessex and Northumbrian Water bills will go up by the smallest amount - 21%.
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For example, Anglian Water had initially asked for average annual bills to rise to £573 by 2030, a 17% increase. Ofwat reduced that to £557 in a draft ruling in July.
The affordability of water charges can be measured by macro- and micro-affordability. [16] Macro-affordability" indicators relate national average household water and wastewater bills to average net disposable household income. In OECD countries it varies from 0.2% (Italy and Mexico) to 1.4% (Slovak Republic, Poland and Hungary).
A stormwater fee is a charge imposed on real estate owners for pollution in stormwater drainage from impervious surface runoff.. This system imposes a tax that is proportional to the total impervious area on a particular property, including concrete or asphalt driveways and roofs, that do not allow rain to infiltrate.
Water bills are set to rise by £86 on average in 2025 following regulator Ofwat’s price review. This marks the first stage of a 36 per cent increase in bills over the next five years.
Thames Water, the UK’s biggest provider, which is in emergency talks over a £15 billion debt pile and a worsening financial situation, has asked for a 53% rise.
Energy costs make up around a tenth of water companies’ costs. Southern Water wants bills to rise the most from today’s prices, by 84 per cent, while Thames Water is asking for a 53 per cent rise.