{"id":728732,"date":"2026-01-29T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/728732\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:22:10","slug":"your-water-bill-is-about-to-go-up-by-10-as-west-midlands-supply-company-announces-4th-highest-increase-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/728732\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Water Bill Is About To Go Up By 10%, As West Midlands\u2019 Supply Company Announces 4th Highest Increase In The Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There\u2019s no nice way to put this, but everything\u2019s about to get more expensive, again. The cost-of-living crisis looks to continue, as the water supply company Severn Trent<\/strong>, which covers the West Midlands and beyond to Gloucester, Leicester and even parts of Wales, will increase water bills by 10%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This is almost double the average 5.4% rise for England and Wales<\/strong>, with the average bill for 2026\/27 around \u00a3587 per yea<\/strong>r, \u00a348.94 a month or \u00a31.61 per day. The rise will hit Severn Trent customers from April, with the company arguing that bills will remain the second lowest in England and Wales.<\/p>\n

Compared to other water companies, it is the fourth highest increase<\/strong>, after Affinity\u2019s 13%, Bristol\u2019s 12% and SES Water\u2019s 11%. In cash terms, the average Severn Trent bill will increase by \u00a352 per year<\/strong>, compared to UU\u2019s increase of \u00a357 and Southern\u2019s extra \u00a355. But this will do little to quell recent public anger towards water companies.<\/p>\n

In recent years, controversies have surrounded the amount of sewage being released<\/strong> into our waterways, while massive infrastructure upgrades are being funded at the expense of the public<\/strong> through increased bills. Water and sewage industry regulator, Ofwat, permitted price hikes of up to 36%<\/strong> between 2025 and 2030<\/p>\n

Most of that was added to last year\u2019s annual rise, which saw water bills rise by 20% for an average of \u00a386 extra a year. But Severn Trent argues that \u201cbills remain the second lowest in the country, \u00a373 below the national average<\/strong> for water and waste services and \u00a3172 lower than the highest bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

How can I get help?<\/b> <\/p>\n

Worried about the increase? Eligible customers across the Midlands could save up to \u00a3390 on their water bill<\/strong>, with a range of support options<\/a>\u2014including discounts, debt support, payment breaks, smart meters and more. By 2030, Severn Trent aims to be helping around 1 in 6 households with some form of financial support. <\/p>\n

What else is Severn Trent doing?<\/b> <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also committed to continue investing in the things our customers told us they care about,\u201d said a Severn Trent spokesperson. \u201cAround \u00a38m a day is being spent on investment<\/strong> like laying new pipes, brand new water sources, river health and creating thousands of jobs, as our \u00a315bn investment for the Midlands continues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Severn Trent\u2019s \u00a315bn investment by 2030<\/strong> is expected to go into the water company, laying over 870 miles of new water pipes<\/strong> (\u00a3415m), improving river health<\/strong>, aiming to prevent more spills from overflows (over \u00a31.7bn), and creating 7,000 jobs<\/strong> for the Midlands. <\/p>\n

Yet, to many, these price increases still seem unfair, as River Action chief executive James Wallace argues: \u201cWhen the water sector brags about \u2018record investment\u2019, what it really means is that bill payers, not water companies, are being forced to pick up the tab<\/strong> for decades of failure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe privatised, pollution-for-profit model has failed. Until water companies are owned and governed for public and environmental benefit, using long-term patient capital, we will keep seeing regulatory failure and polluted rivers<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Swanky Fella, Unsplash Save There\u2019s no nice way to put this, but everything\u2019s about to get more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-728732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115978839254901115","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}