[News] Water bills in England and Wales to rise from April

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TomandJerry

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Oct 1, 2013

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• Feb 4, 2022

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Households can expect their water bills to rise to an average of almost £420 a year from April, compounding a record rise in energy costs and an increase in national insurance contributions that are due in the same month.

Bills will rise by 1.7% in England and Wales from April, according to the industry body Water UK, pushing up the typical annual bill by roughly £7 to £419 a year."

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LamieRobertson

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Feb 3, 2008

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SHOREHAM BY SEA

• Feb 4, 2022

• #2

TomandJerry said:

Households can expect their water bills to rise to an average of almost £420 a year from April, compounding a record rise in energy costs and an increase in national insurance contributions that are due in the same month.

Bills will rise by 1.7% in England and Wales from April, according to the industry body Water UK, pushing up the typical annual bill by roughly £7 to £419 a year."

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Ah…some good news for the older male, at last

 

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Jeremiah

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Mar 15, 2020

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Hove

• Feb 4, 2022

• #3

I don't know how Southern Water can have the nerve to put any prices up but then again I suppose they've got to pay for their serial pollution fines somehow.

 

Igzilla

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Sep 27, 2012

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Worthing

• Feb 4, 2022

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Jeremiah said:

I don't know how Southern Water can have the nerve to put any prices up but then again I suppose they've got to pay for their serial pollution fines somehow.

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Will nobody think of the shareholders??

 

chimneys

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Jun 11, 2007

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• Feb 4, 2022

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TomandJerry said:

Households can expect their water bills to rise to an average of almost £420 a year from April, compounding a record rise in energy costs and an increase in national insurance contributions that are due in the same month.

Bills will rise by 1.7% in England and Wales from April, according to the industry body Water UK, pushing up the typical annual bill by roughly £7 to £419 a year."

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Christ, with inflation heading for 7% you are going to be posting one hell of a lot of these bloomin obvious bulletins! What is surprising is it's not more!

 

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat

Aug 18, 2009

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Feb 4, 2022

• #6

Daylight robbery especially when raw sewage is being pumped into the sea and rivers.

Just to upset some on here, I knew we imported the chemicals for water purification from Europe, but when I mentioned it a few years back, it was project fear.

Sorry, not sorry!

 

Weststander

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Aug 25, 2011

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Withdean area

• Feb 4, 2022

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1.7% is way below general inflation, staff will get pay rises, that’s modest by their standards.

In 1994 I paid Southern Water £14 per month, in real terms that’s now £30.

In reality now paying £60!

I might one day look at their units prices.

Southern Water live in their own world, a classic monopoly. OFWAT listen to the “investment/stopping leaks” spiel and rubber stamp the never ending price rises.

 

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Swansman

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May 13, 2019

22,320

Sweden

• Feb 4, 2022

• #8

Boo. Water should be free unless you are a company using shitload of it.

 

stewart12

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Jan 16, 2019

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• Feb 4, 2022

• #9

which one of Johnson's chums owns Southern Water then?