Water bills

[pipster]

Re: Water bills

Do you know anyone that works for them bob?
Have you ever had to call them out to your house to sort something out?
How was there customer service?
WW is exactly how a public service should be run

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Water bills

Do you know anyone that works for them bob?
Have you ever had to call them out to your house to sort something out?
How was there customer service?
WW is exactly how a public service should be run

And I've provided an example to show they're not quite as it good as you're making them out to be - as I said, the best of a bad bunch.

[Eric Cartman]

Re: Water bills

Do you know anyone that works for them bob?
Have you ever had to call them out to your house to sort something out?
How was there customer service?
WW is exactly how a public service should be run

Your ideology and bias is leaking through the cracks here.

It's essentially a quango, higher wages at the top than if it were nationalised, completely unaccountable to voters, contracting work out is almost always a more expensive way of providing a service, you pay for the flexibility. I don't think it's a terrible model in the context of how it works here in England but it has it's problems.

[pipster]

Re: Water bills

It's certainly better than being nationalised and it's certainly better than what you have in england (in my humble opinion)
Everyone has an ideology and bias - and if you are telling me you dont - then I 100% do not believe you.

This year Welsh Water prices are going down (those horrible not for profit people - how dare they lower the prices)
From experience of dealing the WW - they are great - but that is just my opinion.

[Eric Cartman]

Re: Water bills

It's certainly better than being nationalised and it's certainly better than what you have in england (in my humble opinion)
Everyone has an ideology and bias - and if you are telling me you dont - then I 100% do not believe you.

This year Welsh Water prices are going down (those horrible not for profit people - how dare they lower the prices)
From experience of dealing the WW - they are great - but that is just my opinion.

It definitely is better than what is available in England. I am lucky in the sense that our water company is applying to raise prices by a lower than average amount, 25%. My bias is completely clear. Human's need water to survive and I can't see much of a point to having a democratically elected government if they aren't even in charge of a need that basic.

What would happen if Welsh Water suddenly became shit at what they do, who is in control of their remit/permit to be the sole provider of water to Wales?

It might not be on the horizon but you only need to look a few miles to the east to see just how dysfunctional a system can be.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Water bills

It definitely is better than what is available in England. I am lucky in the sense that our water company is applying to raise prices by a lower than average amount, 25%. My bias is completely clear. Human's need water to survive and I can't see much of a point to having a democratically elected government if they aren't even in charge of a need that basic.

What would happen if Welsh Water suddenly became shit at what they do, who is in control of their remit/permit to be the sole provider of water to Wales?

It might not be on the horizon but you only need to look a few miles to the east to see just how dysfunctional a system can be.

WW want to increase charges by 42 percent

The second highest in the UK

[pipster]

Re: Water bills

WW want to increase charges by 42 percent

The second highest in the UK

https://corporate.dwrcymru.com/en/ne...all-from-april "Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has confirmed that its bills for the coming year are set to fall and are also reminding customers of the help it has available as the cost of living crisis continues.
While customers are set to see a reduction in charges, the company is aware that a lot of customers still find the economic conditions challenging. The company already supports around 145,000 of its customers who are genuinely struggling to pay their water bills – and still has capacity to support thousands more" Feb 2024

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66978977
"Welsh Water bills may rise £120 by 2030 to tackle pollution" Oct 2023

https://www.freeflush.co.uk/blogs/fr...lls-in-britain
The full list of water companies and their yearly bills is as follows:

1. Thames Water: £440
2. Severn Trent: £502
3. Northumberland Water: £539
4. Yorkshire Water: £562
5. Northern Ireland Water: £596
6. Scottish Water: £600
7. Anglian Water: £619
8. Dwr Cymru Welsh Water: £636
9. United Utilities: £652
10. Southern Water: £673
11. Wessex Water: £728
12. South West Water: £943

[Eric Cartman]

Re: Water bills

WW want to increase charges by 42 percent

The second highest in the UK

Oh I took Pipster at face value when he said they are reducing bills

Edit/ sent before Pipsters response..

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Water bills

https://corporate.dwrcymru.com/en/ne...all-from-april "Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has confirmed that its bills for the coming year are set to fall and are also reminding customers of the help it has available as the cost of living crisis continues.
While customers are set to see a reduction in charges, the company is aware that a lot of customers still find the economic conditions challenging. The company already supports around 145,000 of its customers who are genuinely struggling to pay their water bills – and still has capacity to support thousands more" Feb 2024

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66978977
"Welsh Water bills may rise £120 by 2030 to tackle pollution" Oct 2023

https://www.freeflush.co.uk/blogs/fr...lls-in-britain
The full list of water companies and their yearly bills is as follows:

1. Thames Water: £440
2. Severn Trent: £502
3. Northumberland Water: £539
4. Yorkshire Water: £562
5. Northern Ireland Water: £596
6. Scottish Water: £600
7. Anglian Water: £619
8. Dwr Cymru Welsh Water: £636
9. United Utilities: £652
10. Southern Water: £673
11. Wessex Water: £728
12. South West Water: £943

5th most expensive out of 12

It's hardly a ringing endorsement is it ?