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Use less water: Many water companies offer customers free water-saving devices. Look out for unexplained increases in your bills - it may mean you have a leak. Look out for unexplained increases ...
Water bills are set to rise by an average of £31 per year over five years from April, the industry regulator has said. Ofwat said the increase was enough for water companies in England and Wales ...
For example, Thames Water, the UK's largest water company, was given the go-ahead to lift bills by 23%. It has since said it needs to raise bills by 59%, in order to keep operating as normal.
The number of households seeking help with water bills in England and Wales rose by more than 250,000 last year, according to figures seen by the BBC, but support varies widely depending on where ...
A study commissioned by the German industry association BGW in 2006 compared the average household water and sanitation bill (as opposed to the tariff per cubic metre that the NUS study used as a comparator) in four EU countries. This study showed that water bills in England and Wales were the highest among the four countries.
Groundwater contributes 30 per cent of public supply water in England. In Wales and Scotland groundwater provides about five per cent of public supply. [12] The majority of the UK's abstraction of surface water is from reservoirs, where rainwater is transported via rivers and streams and contained in an artificial or natural lake until it is ...
The Water Act 1989 (c. 15) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised the bodies responsible for all aspects of water within England and Wales. . Whereas previous legislation, particularly the Water Act 1973, had focused on providing a single unifying body with responsibility for all water-related functions within a river basin or series of river basins, [1] this ...
The average bill will rise by a total of £157 or 36% over the next five years (PA Wire) Average water bills in England and Wales will increase by 36 per cent over the next five years , water ...