Inflation news

[DimPrawn]

Water bills to hit more than £500 - Telegraph


Price rises for all of the water companies in England and Wales, the only utility firms that operate still as monopolies, will be revealed by Ofwat, the industry regulator.

Bills for many will rise modestly. However, because of the high level of inflation some will be hit by annual increases of up to £40.

Those customers of South West Water, totalling 1.3 million households, will pay on average more than £500 for the first time, with new prices taking effect from April.


I guess it never rains in the southwest of England?

[milanbenes]

good innit

Milan.

[TimberWolf]

At least they are still speaking in terms of annual increases rather than daily.

[Doggy Styles]

Isn't South West Water famous for smugglers and german U-boat crews?

[Spacecadet]

£500 is not a huge amount for a full years worth of clean drinking water and the safe removal of all waste water.

[DimPrawn]

£500 is not a huge amount for a full years worth of clean drinking water and the safe removal of all waste water.

Exactly. Moaning minnies.

[Dearnla]

£500 is not a huge amount for a full years worth of clean drinking water and the safe removal of all waste water.

Blinkin' shareholder, innit?

[AtW]

£500 is not a huge amount for a full years worth of clean drinking water and the safe removal of all waste water.

It's 10% of annual minimum wage, I'd say this is a lot.

More important is dynamics - I remember not so far ago annual bills in my local area were like £220-240 per year, so in space of 10 years price doubled.

Ok, oil gone up, pounds tanked, but ffs - it's not like this country imports water from Saudi Arabia?

[DimPrawn]

When I had the villa in Cyprus the annual water bill (on a water meter) was about 60 Euros per year and that included topping up the swimming pool every few days.

And local "council" tax for waste removal etc was 100 Euros. Per year. They emptied the bins twice a week.

[Pondlife]

£500 is not a huge amount for a full years worth of clean drinking water and the safe removal of all waste water.

You'd think for £1.37 a day they would at least lay on sparkling or a lemon twist variety.