Household water bills in England and Wales will increase by an average £31 a year over the next five years, the regulator Ofwat has announced
The region’s water supplier United Utilities has been granted an increase of 32 per cent
Ofwat said the increase would pay for a £104 billion upgrade of the water sector to deliver “substantial, lasting, improvements for customers and the environment”.
Ofwat chief executive, David Black, said the regulator was “acutely aware of the impact that bill increases will have for some customers”, adding that water firms now needed to “rise to the challenge” of making a “significant improvement over time to justify the increase in bills”.
