Article: Water customers warned not to ignore thud of heavier bills on the doormat.

M2 PRESSWIRE-21 February 2005-UK Government: Water customers warned not to ignore thud of heavier bills on the doormat(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Water customers have few options to soften the financial blow presented by higher water bills for 2005-06, which will land on doormats across England and Wales during the rest of February and first half of March.

The average bill increase, taking effect from 1 April, will be 11%, ranging up to 19% for customers of South East Water and Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water and 18% for Thames Water customers. These increases are much higher than those found to be acceptable to ...

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