Companies in England and Wales want to charge up to £84 a year more in 2025, rising to £156 extra by 2030.
Water companies in England and Wales want bills to increase by £156 a year by 2030 to pay for upgrades and reduce sewage discharges.Water industry regulator Ofwat has been asked to approve the plans.
The bill rises will vary between the water companies, which have to submit individual investment plans for the 2025-2030 period to Ofwat on Monday. The regulator will then scrutinise the plans. He said Ofwat had previously acknowledged that water companies had received enough money "to develop, build and maintain a sewage system capable of properly dealing with our sewage".
It also said it would cut sewage spills into waterways by more than 140,000 each year by 2030. Water companies spilled sewage into rivers and seas more than 300,000 times in 2022.Listen to The Bottom Line with Evan Davis: What next for water?
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