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Water bills 2005-10 – why are they going up?

Customers' bills are going up to enable the companies to continue to provide safe, reliable water supplies and sewage disposal, to make further improvements to drinking water and environmental quality and to reduce the problem of sewer flooding. The day-to-day running costs of delivering water and sewerage services have also increased. For further details please read our Information Note: Water prices 2005-10 - why they are going up?