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Published Date: 31 January 2008
By JOE QUINN
WATER and sewerage bills are to increase by 3.74 per cent from April, Scottish Water said yesterday.
The increase is 0.5 per cent less than inflation as measured by the retail price index, but it is a higher increase than last year when Scottish Water put bills up by just over 3 per cent. The average annual household bill will now rise to £310.

Scottish Water said this was still less than the average bill in England and Wales and lower than the average for seven out of ten water utilities south of the Border.

Douglas Millican, the interim chief executive, said: "This below-inflation rise in water charges next year will pay for the investment programme. Millions of people will get clearer, fresher drinking water, a cleaner environment and improved customer service as a result."

The firm said it was running Scotland's water industry at £3 million a week less than when it was formed in 2002, while delivering massive "improvements".

However, Mike Rumbles, a Liberal Democrat MSP, said: "Council tax payers who are expecting a council tax freeze will be shocked when they receive their bills."



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  • Last Updated: 30 January 2008 9:51 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

KTCB41,

31/01/2008 08:44:25
The story does not detail how paying more money will result in improved customer service.

As a government owned organisation does this now mean that we can use RPI as a measure of inflation and that the Government are saying that inflation is running at 4.24%. People should recall this when they are looking for there pay rise.
2

GP,

31/01/2008 09:08:17
Surely we should be paying less than all water utilities south of the Border, but no yet again we pay more and we have th stuff coming out of our ears.
What a joke!
This is one area where Salmond must sort out.
It's TIME. to privatise or regulate and cap payments with a vire to real reductions in prices not increases.
Don't forget people we already paid for the infrastructure and all new building should pay for their connection to this.
Our forefathers fought hard to provide adequate drinking water from their own pockets paid for by local authorities or governement agencies.
This is just another scam!!
3

Xena - Warrior Princess,

31/01/2008 09:27:33
Aye wait till the council tax bill hits the doormat, there will be people moaning because as Mike Rumbles has said we are expecting a council tax freeze. I agree with GP just another scam.
4

Evia,

02/02/2008 18:59:25
Scam after scam, after scam. Whenever is this country going to be scam-free?

 

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