What do you pay a year?



In the UK, we pay different amounts for our water, depending on where we live.

Down here in the West Country, we pay the *highest* rates *in* the country, nearly £800 a year. When talking to my friend the other day, she told me that up in the affluent South East, she pays just over £400 a year.

So, how does that work then?

Down here in the South West, we have some of the lowest paid jobs, yet we have to pay more for our water than anywhere else....often because of the tourist industry, clean beaches, health & safety etc...but surely, that's deeply unfair?

WHY do those on low wages, have to sub those who can afford lovely holidays, because they have enough left over from their salary to afford a West Country cottage holiday, whilst down here people have to go out to clean those cottages, so they can afford to pay their water bills?

Puzzled Smiley!

Surely we should pay the same for our water, no matter where we live in the UK, shouldn't we?

Yes, I know we have different water companies, but that's irrelevant. Water is a vital source to us all, but why are some paying more than others....and paying VASTLY more than others too.

And as for water meters!   

Yes, if you live alone, or with just one other person, you probably do save money each month, but if you have a family your bill can rocket in price...especially if you live down here in Devon or Cornwall....

You can ONLY get help with your water bills if you have a medical condition requiring substantial amounts of extra water use AND you are on benefits as well...OR....if you have 3 children under 19 AND you are, again, on benefits as well.

If you have a medical condition but no benefits, even if you are literally just above the poverty line, you have to pay a small fortune for your metered West Country Water...

Is that fair?

Nope..it's Shite...which will of course require vast amounts of water to remove.

And did you know that once the water companies have put a water meter in, you can NEVER have it removed?

I've written to OFWAT
..not only because I wanted to, but also because the young lady from South West Water practically *begged* me to, as guess what, she can barely afford her water bills....and she gets so many people phoning her about it, getting terribly upset...

No way should people be living in misery in this country through not being able to afford to pay their water bills!...Gee, the stress that so many people are under over this! And I bet those at the top have huge bonuses every year, along with their huge salaries...

Something is very, very wrong!

I had a conversation with one chap from their customer care department the other day, quite young, and he was telling me that his Dad had an 'ordinary' job, and on his salary alone he managed to raise two children, have holidays, run a little car and pay his mortgage. Now his son HAS to have his wife working as well, because they cannot afford to live on just one salary alone anymore. Even with both of them working, they're working almost entirely to pay the bills, leaving them very little for 'life'...

That's not right.

That is SO not right that it stinks!   And I'd bring in the hose to wash away the smell, but.....it would cost me too much.

Once we died from infected water, but that water was free.

Now, we die from infected bills, bills that get into our souls and sap our strength, whilst the Corporate Bastards try to convince us how grateful we should be for their wonderful services...

But tell me, WHAT is the point in all this wondrously blue flag passed, sparkling beautiful water, if people are getting sick through not flushing their toilets, or keeping themselves clean properly.....or our Gardens of England are disappearing under tons of gravel, because no-one can afford to water their lawns any longer...?

Water, water everywhere, but can't afford a drop to drink!

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And I'm sorry, but why the f**k isn't that song of Steve Knightley's EVERYWHERE!

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