{"id":270118,"date":"2026-01-29T12:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/270118\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:37:09","slug":"water-bills-to-rise-again-use-our-tool-to-find-out-by-how-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/270118\/","title":{"rendered":"Water bills to rise again: Use our tool to find out by how much"},"content":{"rendered":"

Industry trade body Water UK said companies were preparing to invest \u00a320bn over the year to secure water supplies, support economic growth and end sewage entering rivers and seas.<\/p>\n

“While we urgently need investment in our water and sewage infrastructure, we know that for many this increase will be difficult,” said chief executive David Henderson.<\/p>\n

He said 2.5 million households would be supported through discounted social tariffs and other affordability measures.<\/p>\n

But the Consumer Council for Water, which represents customers, said a patchwork of different social tariff schemes meant where someone lived – rather than their actual level of need – could determine what support they received.<\/p>\n

“A stronger safety net is also needed for those who simply can’t afford these bill rises,” said its chief executive, Mike Keil.<\/p>\n

The group said people could cut bills by:<\/p>\n

Checking if they are eligible to discounted tariffs, external<\/a><\/p>\n

Trialling a water meter<\/p>\n

Saving water, for example, by setting a time limit on showers<\/p>\n

The water regulator Ofwat said it would monitor companies’ performance and hold them to account.<\/p>\n

“If they do not deliver on their commitments, they will be made to return money to customers in their future bills,” it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Industry trade body Water UK said companies were preparing to invest \u00a320bn over the year to secure water…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,82],"class_list":["post-270118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}