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Wessex Water customers will see the lowest increase with a 21 per cent bill rise. Meanwhile, around 16million Thames Water customers will see an increase of 35 per cent.
In 2013, Wessex Water's compliance with drinking water standards exceeded 99.9% and the company maintained 100% compliance with sewage treatment discharge consents. [ 15 ] In both 2011/12 and 2012/13, the company's leakage figure was 69 million litres per day, compared to a yearly average of 73 million litres per day between 2005 and 2010.
Wessex Water and Anglian Water are at the top end of the scale, with average bills set to increase to £548 and £529 respectively.
Water supply and sanitation in the United Kingdom is provided by a number of water and sewerage companies. Twelve companies and organisations provide drainage and sewerage services, each over a wide area, to the whole United Kingdom; and supply water to most customers in their areas of operation.
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]
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.
The Water Services Regulation Authority, or Ofwat, is the body responsible for economic regulation of the privatised water and sewerage industry in England and Wales.Ofwat's main statutory duties include protecting the interests of consumers, securing the long-term resilience of water supply and wastewater systems, and ensuring that companies carry out their functions and are able to finance them.
“Since the water bill ended up being 2.5 times what we had originally budgeted, we had to assess the homeowners between $1,500 and $2,500 as a one-time assessment just to cover the water bill ...