Northumbrian Water has said that charges for customers for water and waste water services will remain amongst the lowest in the country with the announcement of its charges for 2015/16.
The average Northumbrian Water bill for 2015/16, which comes into effect from April, will be £371 compared to the average bill in 2014/15 of £367. Charges for 2015/16 will vary from a £316 average for metered services and an average of £398 for an unmetered supply.
Bills will increase by less than inflation with customers, on average, paying around £1 per day for all their drinking water and sewerage services and the increase compared to last year being about 8p a week.
Northumbrian Water will invest some £180 million on essential improvements each year from 2015 to 2020 – a total of £900 million over the five year period.
The water company said its extensive investment programme would not only bring major improvements for customers but also support hundreds of local jobs, both directly and through its extensive local supply chain.
A key focus will be significant investment to improve drinking water quality delivered through its 16,000km of water pipes.
Central to this is an on-going cleaning programme of the company’s strategic mains transporting bulk supplies throughout its operating area from the Scottish border down to the North Yorkshire Moors and across to the Pennines.
Included in its large scale work programme are schemes to protect and improve the environment. In particular, to protect hundreds of homes from the risk of being flooded from the 32,000 km sewer network.
Heidi Mottram, Northumbrian Water’s Chief Executive Officer said the firm would be continuing to invest heavily to protect homes from flooding, provide clean clear water and further exploit its innovative sewage treatment recycling for energy generation.
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