 About �190m will go on essential improvements in 2007/08 |
Water and sewerage charges in the South West are increasing by up to 16%. South West Water (SWW) has announced the rises for 2006/7, which it said were approved by the regulator Ofwat.
An unmetered household bill will work out at �650-a-year, a 16% increase. Costs for an average house on a meter will go up 12.5% to �378 a year.
Charles Howson, of the Consumer Council for Water, said the increases were not a surprise as SWW predicted they would happen nearly three years ago.
He said people who were concerned they could not afford the rise could go to the company for help.
�190m improvements
A spokesman for SWW said: "We minimise what we ask our customers for.
"The regulator makes sure that we run the business efficiently and that everything we do ultimately limits what we have to ask for in water and sewage bills."
The company has also announced that it will spend about �190m on essential improvements to services in 2007/08.
The firm is working to improve the condition of about 640km kilometres of water mains.
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