How bills for households without a meter are changing for 2024/2025

Customers without a water meter usually pay for their services through a charge that is based on the rateable value (RV) of their premises.

Changes in tariffs 2024/2025 (including inflation of 4.2%)

  2023/24 2024/25 Change %
Water standing charge £72.78 £80.22 10.2%
Water charge per RV* £1.205 £1.329 10.3%
Sewerage charge per RV* £1.850 £2.070 11.9%

*Rateable Value for the premises

Example bill changes

  2023/24 2024/25 Change % Change £
Premises with RV 100 £378 £420 11.1% £42
Premises with RV 150 (typical) £531 £590 11.1% £59
Premises with RV 200 £684 £760 11.1% £76

The diagram below shows the typical unmeasured bill of £590 (2024/2025 prices) and how it is shared across the services we provide.

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Every five years Ofwat, our regulator, sets price controls for how much revenue each company can collect from its customers. In 2019, Ofwat set price controls for 2020 to 2025.