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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.
Thames Water saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half as its debts continued to spiral. ... It recently asked regulator Ofwat to let it raise average bills by 59% over the next ...
Thames Water saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half of the year as its debts continued ... A final decision on whether Thames can increase its bills by 59% is due on 19 December.
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. [63]
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.
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.
A group of Thames Water’s lenders has called on more firms to help foot the bill for a £1.5 billion cash injection designed to give the struggling water company a temporary lifeline.
The Metropolitan Water Board's former headquarters at New River Head. Now residential (2005). Water supply in the London area was regulated by local acts and royal charters on a piecemeal basis from 1543. Through amalgamation, by 1830 there were six companies supplying water north of the Thames: The New River Company incorporated in 1619