Southern Water’s average household water and wastewater bill will fall by almost £50 this year, it has been announced.
The utility firm says that the average combined bill for water and wastewater treatment services is set to fall by 11.2% for 2020-21. A typical combined bill for a domestic customer is expected to be £391 compared with an average charge of £440 last year – meaning a day’s services will cost only £1.07 a day – less than most bus fares. The cost is 13p a day or £49 a year less than last year.
The water element of bills is almost flat – the expected average is £159 compared with £156 in 2019-20. Wastewater bills will fall by an average £52 including a rebate of around £20 attributable to the company’s final settlement with Ofwat.
The big drop in bills comes at the start of a sustained fall in combined bills. Between 2020 and 2025 bills will fall by 18.4% (adjusted for inflation). By 2025 the average household bill for water and wastewater will be just £343 a year. Water bills will fall 8% during that time while wastewater bills will fall 24%.
Ian McAulay, Southern Water chief executive said:
“Water is essential to every aspect of our lives but it is under increasing pressure from population growth and climate change. So water companies have got to work even harder to face these challenges and keep it flowing far into the future whilst delivering the services our customers want and deserve.
Our customers have said they want us to do more to protect the environment and increase biodiversity, that’s why over the next 5 years our ‘Water for Life’ business plan will invest £4 billion into our region, generating jobs and protecting the environment whilst ensuring we keep bills affordable and support those in need.”
Southern Water’s bills cover the day-to-day running costs of supplying customers with high-quality drinking water and taking away and treating their wastewater.
Funny im payin 600 odd altho they ask for 840 a year alot different to your 391 average i only have a small 3 bed house with 5 of us here!
Does this include the rebate we are suppose to get due to them being fined?
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2019/06/southern-water-to-give-customers-a-share-of-p123-million-over-se/
The above states they are doing us a favor!