{
  "dataset": "water.charges",
  "generated": "2026-08-27T23:22:01.406Z",
  "licence": {
    "compilation": "CC BY 4.0",
    "compilation_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "Tariff Tracker, tarifftracker.io, published by PEF Consulting Partners Limited",
    "underlying": "The figures themselves belong to the bodies named in each dataset's sources. Most are Crown copyright under the Open Government Licence v3. Supplier tariff rates belong to the suppliers who publish them. Check the source terms before you rely on any of it commercially.",
    "corrections": "If a figure here is wrong, say so and we will correct it and record that we did."
  },
  "docs": "https://tarifftracker.io/api/",
  "fields": "https://tarifftracker.io/api/v1/dictionary",
  "as_of": "2026-08-27",
  "charging_year": "2026/27",
  "in_force_from": "2026-04-01",
  "in_force_to": "2027-03-31",
  "scotland": {
    "how_it_works": "There is no separate water bill in Scotland. Charges are collected with council tax by your council and banded on your council tax band.",
    "year": "2026/27",
    "checks": 2,
    "source": {
      "title": "Scottish Water unmetered charges 2026-2027",
      "url": "https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/your-home/your-charges/your-charges-2026-2027/unmetered-charges-2026-2027",
      "where": "the band A to H table"
    },
    "bands": [
      {
        "band": "A",
        "water_yr": 201.3,
        "wastewater_yr": 233.58,
        "total_yr": 434.88
      },
      {
        "band": "B",
        "water_yr": 234.85,
        "wastewater_yr": 272.51,
        "total_yr": 507.36
      },
      {
        "band": "C",
        "water_yr": 268.4,
        "wastewater_yr": 311.44,
        "total_yr": 579.84
      },
      {
        "band": "D",
        "water_yr": 301.95,
        "wastewater_yr": 350.37,
        "total_yr": 652.32
      },
      {
        "band": "E",
        "water_yr": 369.05,
        "wastewater_yr": 428.23,
        "total_yr": 797.28
      },
      {
        "band": "F",
        "water_yr": 436.15,
        "wastewater_yr": 506.09,
        "total_yr": 942.24
      },
      {
        "band": "G",
        "water_yr": 503.25,
        "wastewater_yr": 583.95,
        "total_yr": 1087.2
      },
      {
        "band": "H",
        "water_yr": 603.9,
        "wastewater_yr": 700.74,
        "total_yr": 1304.64
      }
    ],
    "average_yr": 532,
    "metered": {
      "checks": 1,
      "source": {
        "title": "Scottish Water metered charges 2026-2027",
        "url": "https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/your-home/your-charges/your-charges-2026-2027/metered-charges-2026-2027",
        "where": "the household metered tables"
      },
      "water_first_block_m3": 3.5611,
      "water_first_block_size_m3": 25,
      "water_volumetric_m3": 1.2903,
      "wastewater_first_block_m3": 4.6043,
      "wastewater_first_block_size_m3": 23.75,
      "wastewater_volumetric_m3": 2.1774,
      "water_standing_yr": 226.79,
      "wastewater_standing_yr": 232.92,
      "standing_note": "meters up to 20mm. Larger meters cost far more, £673.00 and £691.00 at 25mm to 30mm and up from there.",
      "property_drainage_yr": {
        "A": 93.36,
        "B": 108.92,
        "C": 124.48,
        "D": 140.04,
        "E": 171.16,
        "F": 202.28,
        "G": 233.4,
        "H": 280.08
      }
    },
    "notes": [
      "Every band's water and waste water charges add exactly to the printed total, which is a useful check that the table was read correctly.",
      "Households getting Council Tax Reduction can get up to 35 per cent off the water charge through the Water Charges Reduction Scheme.",
      "Scottish Water charges by two blocks on small meters. The first 25 cubic metres of water and the first 23.75 cubic metres of waste water cost more, then the standard rate applies."
    ]
  },
  "northern_ireland": {
    "how_it_works": "Households in Northern Ireland pay nothing for water or sewerage. Domestic charges have been deferred since 2007.",
    "year": "2026/27",
    "checks": 1,
    "households_pay": 0,
    "funded_by": "NI Water is paid a subsidy in lieu of domestic charges by the Department for Infrastructure, alongside what it charges businesses, road drainage charges and borrowing.",
    "source": {
      "title": "NI Water, who we are",
      "url": "https://www.niwater.com/about-us/about/who-we-are",
      "where": "the funding section"
    },
    "notes": [
      "NI Water's own 2026/27 charges announcement confirms the deferment continues, in the phrase the continuing deferment of domestic charges.",
      "A small number of metered households can still be billed for use above the domestic allowance."
    ]
  },
  "not_collected": [
    {
      "name": "Dwr Cymru Welsh Water",
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "why": "Every address on the Welsh Water site refuses automated requests, including its robots file, which points to a site wide block rather than a problem with one document. The Welsh language site returns an empty page, and neither Ofwat nor the Consumer Council for Water reproduces Welsh Water's unit rates.",
      "url": "https://corporate.dwrcymru.com/-/media/project/files/page-documents/corporate/library/our-charges/scheme-of-charges/scheme-of-charges-2026-2027.ashx"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Each row names the charges scheme it was read from, in its own source field",
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "Every figure was read from the company's own charging document or its own charges pages, twice, by two readers or two parsers working separately. Only figures both returned identically are here. Where they differed we say so and print nothing.",
    "readings is how many separate readings of the source document returned that company's figures identically. Nothing is published on fewer than two.",
    "not_collected lists six companies whose own websites refuse automated requests or who have not published a scheme we can find. They are named with the address of the document rather than filled in from last year, because last year's rates presented as this year's would be worse than a gap.",
    "The rates are not built the same way from company to company. Some put surface water drainage inside the sewerage standing charge, some bill it separately, some vary the standing charge instead. Comparing a rate per cubic metre across companies without the fixed charges will mislead you.",
    "Where a company charges differently in different parts of its own area, each area is a separate row. Several point to a map rather than describing the boundary, so a postcode cannot be matched to an area from this data.",
    "These are standard rates. Social tariffs, WaterSure, single occupier discounts and leak allowances all sit on top and are in /api/v1/support.",
    "unverified is the point of the field. Where two readings of a scheme disagreed, nothing is published and the disagreement is recorded there instead."
  ],
  "blanks": {
    "region": "This company charges one set of rates across its whole area.",
    "sewerage_billed_by": "This company does your sewerage itself.",
    "water_p_m3": "The company's scheme could not be read, so nothing is published rather than estimated.",
    "water_standing_yr": "Not published as a separate figure by this company.",
    "water_standing_note": "The scheme prints one standing charge and does not break it down by meter size.",
    "sewerage_p_m3": "Either this is a water only company, in which case sewerage_billed_by names who charges you, or the company recovers sewerage entirely through fixed charges.",
    "sewerage_standing_yr": "Either this is a water only company, or the company does not levy one.",
    "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": "This company does not vary its volumetric rate by surface water drainage. Several vary the standing charge instead, and some bill surface water as a separate line.",
    "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": "This company does not publish a reduced standing charge for that case.",
    "surface_water_yr": "This company does not bill surface water separately. It is inside the sewerage standing charge or the volumetric rate, which the company's notes explain.",
    "highway_drainage_yr": "Not billed as an annual figure here. Some companies fold it into the sewerage charge and at least one charges it by the cubic metre instead.",
    "unmetered_rv_water": "Either the company sets this by charging area rather than publishing one figure, in which case its notes give the range, or it charges a flat fee instead of a rateable value rate.",
    "unmetered_rv_sewerage": "This is a water only company, or the company charges sewerage another way.",
    "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": "The scheme says there is none. That is an absence stated by the company, not a gap in our reading, and at least one company says so in terms.",
    "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": "This is a water only company, or the company puts it inside the water standing charge.",
    "unmetered_minimum_yr": "This company does not publish a minimum."
  },
  "count": 26,
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "thames-water",
      "company": "Thames Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 2.7346,
      "water_standing_yr": 66.87,
      "water_standing_note": "one charge for household meters, it does not vary by meter size",
      "sewerage_p_m3": 1.4721,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 128.13,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": 80.43,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": null,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 81.76,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": 126.69,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
        {
          "label": "nought or one bedroom",
          "water": 282.05,
          "sewerage": 151.84
        },
        {
          "label": "two bedrooms",
          "water": 304.2,
          "sewerage": 163.76
        },
        {
          "label": "three bedrooms",
          "water": 345.77,
          "sewerage": 186.14
        },
        {
          "label": "four bedrooms",
          "water": 378.86,
          "sewerage": 203.95
        },
        {
          "label": "five or more bedrooms",
          "water": 422.89,
          "sewerage": 227.65
        },
        {
          "label": "single occupier",
          "water": 233.92,
          "sewerage": 125.93
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [
        "Thames does not publish one rate in the pound of rateable value. It sets seven charging areas, water from 135.07p to 247.58p per £ of rateable value and wastewater from 63.07p to 138.10p. We do not show a single figure because there is not one."
      ],
      "notes": [
        "Volumetric charges are printed in pence per cubic metre in the scheme, 273.46p for water and 147.21p for wastewater. They are shown here in pounds.",
        "Highway drainage is not billed separately. It sits inside the wastewater fixed charge.",
        "Assessed customers also pay fixed charges of £65.76 for water and £126.69 for wastewater on top of the banded amount above.",
        "Surface water and highway drainage are both already inside the £128.13 wastewater fixed charge. They are not separate lines to add on. The £75.16 in the scheme is the tariff for a property that receives surface water drainage only, and a household that drains no surface water to the sewer claims a £47.70 reduction instead."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.thameswater.co.uk/media-library/toecnx2l/charges-scheme-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Household Charges Scheme 2026-27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "united-utilities",
      "company": "United Utilities",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 3.235,
      "water_standing_yr": 23.66,
      "water_standing_note": "per meter per year. The scheme treats a 15mm meter as adequate for a household",
      "sewerage_p_m3": 2.275,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 2.08,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": 105.35,
      "highway_drainage_yr": 46.5,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.982,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": 2.932,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 119.98,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
        {
          "label": "other household premises",
          "water": 272.37,
          "sewerage": 342.67
        },
        {
          "label": "semi detached",
          "water": 363,
          "sewerage": 402.98
        },
        {
          "label": "detached",
          "water": 412.78,
          "sewerage": 436.13
        },
        {
          "label": "larger premises",
          "water": 799.37,
          "sewerage": 693.47
        },
        {
          "label": "single occupier",
          "water": 169.85,
          "sewerage": 275.43
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [
        "The measured wastewater standing charge of £2.08 a year is an unusually small number for that field. Two independent readings of the scheme, one of them quoting the table row, returned it identically, and the company's own charges pages agree. We publish it as printed but it is the one figure on this page we would most like a reader to challenge."
      ],
      "notes": [
        "Surface water drainage and highway drainage are separate annual charges here, so a typical household adds £105.35 and £46.50 to the metered figures above.",
        "The unmetered sewerage rate of £2.932 per £ of rateable value is the total of three published parts, foul £1.830, surface water £0.753 and highway drainage £0.349. They sum exactly.",
        "There is no separate unmetered sewerage standing charge. The scheme puts it inside the £119.98 water standing charge."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.unitedutilities.com/globalassets/documents/pdf/household-charges-scheme--2026-2027.pdf",
      "source_title": "Household Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "yorkshire-water",
      "company": "Yorkshire Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 2.1838,
      "water_standing_yr": 54.1,
      "water_standing_note": "one charge for household meters, it does not vary by meter size",
      "sewerage_p_m3": 2.7053,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 33.85,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": 85.47,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 2.5044,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": 3.2199,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 91.45,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": 36.83,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
        {
          "label": "other household premises",
          "water": 238.77,
          "sewerage": 361.23
        },
        {
          "label": "semi detached",
          "water": 269.34,
          "sewerage": 400.82
        },
        {
          "label": "detached",
          "water": 319.57,
          "sewerage": 465.84
        },
        {
          "label": "empty property",
          "water": 55.33,
          "sewerage": 123.74
        },
        {
          "label": "single occupier",
          "water": 164.52,
          "sewerage": 265.11
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [],
      "notes": [
        "Charges are printed in pence in the scheme and shown here in pounds.",
        "Highway drainage is charged by the cubic metre for metered customers, 27.08p per cubic metre, so it does not appear as an annual figure. For unmetered customers it is 29.30p per £ of rateable value. The £3.2199 unmetered sewerage rate already includes it.",
        "Surface water drainage of £85.47 a year is a standing charge on both the metered and the unmetered tariff.",
        "These are the Yorkshire Water area figures. The York Waterworks area has its own lower rates, 123.70p per cubic metre and a £78.39 standing charge."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.yorkshirewater.com/media/bjcdy5ih/48694_yw_charges-scheme-book_26-27_accessible_aw.pdf",
      "source_title": "Yorkshire Water Services Limited Charges 2026/2027",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "northumbrian-water",
      "company": "Northumbrian Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.6169,
      "water_standing_yr": 61.16,
      "water_standing_note": "meter up to 25mm. Larger meters are £77.86 to 50mm, £244.49 to 100mm and £661.16 above that",
      "sewerage_p_m3": 1.6121,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 123.75,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": 45.05,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 0.8905,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": 1.1848,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 154.68,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": 180.64,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
        {
          "label": "standard, assumes 120 cubic metres",
          "water": 229.23,
          "sewerage": 312
        },
        {
          "label": "single occupier, assumes 60 cubic metres",
          "water": 133.52,
          "sewerage": 222.5
        }
      ],
      "readings": 3,
      "unverified": [],
      "notes": [
        "Northumbrian does not publish a standalone surface water drainage charge. It publishes two sewerage standing charges instead, £123.75 where foul and surface water drainage both apply and £45.05 where the property drains no surface water to the public sewer.",
        "The foul only alternatives are an unmetered sewerage standing charge of £101.94, a standard assessed sewerage charge of £233.20 and a single occupier assessed sewerage charge of £143.80.",
        "The WaterSure cap for 2026/27 is £212.83 for water and £259.11 for sewerage."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.nwl.co.uk/globalassets/customer-pdfs/charges-2026/charges-scheme-2026-27---hh-nw.pdf",
      "source_title": "Charges scheme 2026/27: Household",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "south-west-water",
      "company": "South West Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 3.0158,
      "water_standing_yr": 64.72,
      "water_standing_note": "meter up to and including 22mm, dual service tariff",
      "sewerage_p_m3": 4.6858,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 90.61,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": 4.1259,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": 57.34,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 3.0094,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": 5.2899,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 237.21,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": 192.21,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
        {
          "label": "one person",
          "water": 230.59,
          "sewerage": 336.61
        },
        {
          "label": "two person",
          "water": 318.05,
          "sewerage": 464.54
        },
        {
          "label": "multi occupancy",
          "water": 396.46,
          "sewerage": 580.27
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [],
      "notes": [
        "These are the dual service figures, for a household taking both water and sewerage from South West Water. A customer taking only one of the two services pays more. The single service water standing charge is £90.93 and the single service sewerage standing charge is £121.34 with surface water or £88.08 without.",
        "The sewerage figures shown are the rates for a property that does drain surface water to the sewer, which is the ordinary case. The foul only rates are given alongside.",
        "Surface water is already inside the sewerage rates above, which are the with surface water column. It is not a separate line to add on. The £112.27 in the scheme is the tariff for a property that receives surface water drainage and nothing else, and the £132.09 alongside it is the single service version of the same thing.",
        "Unmetered sewerage standing charges are banded by rateable value. The figures shown are for a property up to £50 rateable value. Above £50 it is £223.00 with surface water or £189.74 without.",
        "Unmetered sewerage without surface water is £4.7300 per £ of rateable value.",
        "Highway drainage is not a separate line. Section 6.17 puts it inside the variable sewerage charges.",
        "South West Water does not use the words standard and single occupier. It publishes occupancy bands, shown above as printed."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.southwestwater.co.uk/siteassets/documents/charges/household-charges/202627/sww-household-charges-scheme-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Household Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "essex-and-suffolk-water",
      "company": "Essex and Suffolk Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Anglian Water or Thames Water, depending on where you live",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 2.067,
      "water_standing_yr": 63.22,
      "water_standing_note": "meter up to 25mm. Larger meters are £79.92 to 50mm, £246.55 to 100mm and £663.22 above that",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.4225,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 108.28,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
        {
          "label": "standard",
          "water": 285.5,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "single occupier",
          "water": 170.9,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [],
      "notes": [
        "Essex and Suffolk is a separately charged region of Northumbrian Water, and its rates are higher than the Northumbrian region's.",
        "The WaterSure cap for 2026/27 is £304.02."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.eswater.co.uk/globalassets/customer-pdfs/charges-2026/charges-scheme-2026-27---hh-esw.pdf",
      "source_title": "Charges scheme 2026/27: Household",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "bournemouth-water",
      "company": "Bournemouth Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Wessex Water or Southern Water, depending on where you live",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.5511,
      "water_standing_yr": 35,
      "water_standing_note": "the table prints one standing charge and does not break it down by meter size",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.0041,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 35,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
        {
          "label": "one person, 74 cubic metres",
          "water": 114.78,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "two person, 105 cubic metres",
          "water": 162.86,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "three person, 120 cubic metres",
          "water": 186.13,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "four person, 140 cubic metres",
          "water": 217.15,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "five person, 150 cubic metres",
          "water": 232.66,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "each further person, 20 cubic metres",
          "water": 31.02,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
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        "Whether the £35.00 standing charge is added to the assessed band amounts or already inside them is not clear from the scheme. Two readings differed on this point, so we do not say either way."
      ],
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        "Bournemouth Water is a separately charged region of South West Water Limited, not a separate company. Its own about us page says it is part of South West Water Limited, and the Drinking Water Inspectorate lists the regulated body as South West and Bournemouth Water Ltd.",
        "The metered and the unmetered standing charge are both £35.00."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.bournemouthwater.co.uk/siteassets/documents/charges/household-charges/202627/bw-household-charges-scheme-2026-27-v1.1.pdf",
      "source_title": "Household Charges Scheme 2026/27, version 1.1",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
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      "region": null,
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      "sewerage_billed_by": "Wessex Water",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.8795,
      "water_standing_yr": 69.23,
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      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
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      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.7441,
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      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
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          "water": 69.23,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "first bedroom",
          "water": 103.37,
          "sewerage": null
        },
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          "water": 70.48,
          "sewerage": null
        }
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      "notes": [
        "Bristol Water is no longer a separate licensed water company. Ofwat terminated the Bristol Water licence on 1 February 2023 and varied the South West Water licence to cover the area, after Pennon bought the business. The revised licence keeps separate price controls, and therefore separate charges, for the Bristol Water area.",
        "The assessed charge is built from bedrooms, £69.23 plus £103.37 for the first bedroom plus £70.48 for each further one. Where a single person lives there, the further bedrooms are not charged.",
        "A fixed annual fee of £356.82 applies where a property cannot be given a notional rateable value.",
        "A caravan used as a main residence is charged at £1.3081 per £ of rateable value."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.bristolwater.co.uk/hubfs/BRL%20Household%20Charges%20Scheme%202026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Bristol Water Household Charges Scheme 2026-27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
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      "id": "portsmouth-water",
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      "region": null,
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Southern Water",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.1783,
      "water_standing_yr": 42.41,
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      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
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      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 0.6511,
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      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 40.85,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": 128.75,
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          "water": 172.03,
          "sewerage": null
        },
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          "water": 106.31,
          "sewerage": null
        }
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      "notes": [
        "Portsmouth prints its charges in pence, 117.83p per cubic metre and 65.11p per £ of rateable value. They are shown here in pounds.",
        "The WaterSure cap is £162.82 and the social tariff is £94.00.",
        "Portsmouth Water is the cheapest water supply in England and Wales on the published rates."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.portsmouthwater.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SCHEME-OF-CHARGES_HOUSEHOLD_2026-2027_v3.1.pdf",
      "source_title": "Household Customers Scheme of Charges 2026 to 2027, version 3.1",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
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      "region": null,
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      "sewerage_billed_by": "Severn Trent Water",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.7634,
      "water_standing_yr": 60.01,
      "water_standing_note": "every household meter size from 15mm to 50mm. Then £207.58 at 80mm, £222.78 at 100mm and £273.19 at 150mm",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.2687,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": 123.52,
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          "sewerage": null
        },
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          "label": "semi detached",
          "water": 279.16,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "detached",
          "water": 332.23,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "single person",
          "water": 146.39,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
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      "notes": [
        "There is no unmetered standing charge here. The scheme says so in terms. A minimum annual charge of £123.52 applies instead.",
        "South Staffs bills Severn Trent's sewerage charges on Severn Trent's behalf. Those amounts appear on your bill but they are not South Staffs charges.",
        "A household swimming pool under 10,000 litres is £141.16 a year."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.south-staffs-water.co.uk/media/ybghreml/customer-charges-south-staffs-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "South Staffs Water Customer Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "cambridge-water",
      "company": "Cambridge Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Anglian Water",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.4373,
      "water_standing_yr": 60.01,
      "water_standing_note": "every household meter size from 15mm to 50mm. Then £207.58 at 80mm, £222.78 at 100mm and £273.19 at 150mm",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 0.9674,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 42.8,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
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          "label": "other, including single occupier",
          "water": 140.05,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "semi detached",
          "water": 242.33,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "detached",
          "water": 289.49,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [],
      "notes": [
        "Cambridge Water is the separately charged Cambridge region of South Staffs Water plc. Its rates are lower than the South Staffs region's.",
        "Unlike South Staffs, Cambridge does have an unmetered standing charge and does not publish a minimum annual charge.",
        "A garden meter has its own standing charge, £15.67 at 15mm, £31.32 at 20mm and £46.78 at 25mm.",
        "A dwelling with only one tap is £93.37 a year."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.cambridge-water.co.uk/media/gd4kvp4n/customer-charges-cambridge-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Cambridge Water Customer Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
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      "id": "affinity-water-central",
      "company": "Affinity Water",
      "region": "Central",
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Thames Water and Anglian Water",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.7463,
      "water_standing_yr": 36.36,
      "water_standing_note": "12mm to 15mm meters. Then £118.20 from 19mm to 65mm and £402.96 at 75mm and above",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.3342,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 84.8,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
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          "label": "one occupier",
          "water": 149.9,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "two occupiers",
          "water": 237.2,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "three occupiers",
          "water": 331.5,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "four or more occupiers",
          "water": 425.8,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
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      "notes": [
        "The rateable value rate is printed for the Colne, Lee, Rickmansworth and North Surrey areas, all four at the same figure.",
        "The WaterSure cap in this region is £240.00. The LIFT social tariff caps at £160.80 with a 40 per cent discount or £108.00 with a 60 per cent discount.",
        "An unmetered swimming pool, sprinkler or garden pond is £129.20 and a leisure pool or hot tub is £45.40."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.affinitywater.co.uk/docs/charges/202627/charges-scheme-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Affinity Water Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "affinity-water-east",
      "company": "Affinity Water",
      "region": "East",
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Anglian Water",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 2.47,
      "water_standing_yr": 36.36,
      "water_standing_note": "12mm to 15mm meters. Then £118.20 from 19mm to 65mm and £402.96 at 75mm and above",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.7823,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 84.8,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
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          "label": "one occupier",
          "water": 140.1,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "two occupiers",
          "water": 229,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "three occupiers",
          "water": 320.4,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "four or more occupiers",
          "water": 453.8,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
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      "notes": [
        "The rateable value rate is printed for the Tendring area.",
        "The WaterSure cap in this region is £262.80. The LIFT social tariff caps at £160.80 with a 40 per cent discount or £108.00 with a 60 per cent discount.",
        "An unmetered hosepipe is £66.70.",
        "The East and Southeast regions print the same volumetric rate and the same rateable value rate. That is what the scheme says, checked on a reading of its own."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.affinitywater.co.uk/docs/charges/202627/charges-scheme-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Affinity Water Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "affinity-water-southeast",
      "company": "Affinity Water",
      "region": "Southeast",
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Southern Water",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 2.47,
      "water_standing_yr": 36.36,
      "water_standing_note": "12mm to 15mm meters. Then £118.20 from 19mm to 65mm and £402.96 at 75mm and above",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.7823,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 84.8,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
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          "water": 196.9,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "two occupiers",
          "water": 320.4,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "three occupiers",
          "water": 453.8,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "four or more occupiers",
          "water": 587.2,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
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      "notes": [
        "The rateable value rate is printed for the Folkestone and Dover area.",
        "The WaterSure cap in this region is £292.80. The LIFT social tariff caps at £160.80 with a 40 per cent discount or £108.00 with a 60 per cent discount.",
        "An unmetered sprinkler is £129.20 and an unmetered tap is £34.60."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.affinitywater.co.uk/docs/charges/202627/charges-scheme-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Affinity Water Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
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      "id": "ses-water-southern",
      "company": "SES Water",
      "region": "Southern",
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Thames Water in most of the area and Southern Water in parts. SES Water collects their charges for them",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.811,
      "water_standing_yr": 32.49,
      "water_standing_note": "one charge for household meters, it does not vary by meter size",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.1914,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 56.87,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
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          "label": "single occupancy",
          "water": 142.57,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "multi occupancy",
          "water": 191.01,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [],
      "notes": [
        "SES Water sets three charging areas inside the Sutton and East Surrey supply area. The scheme points to a map rather than describing the boundaries, so we cannot tell you which one you are in.",
        "The WaterSure tariff is £249.53 a year and Water Support takes £12.02 off."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.seswater.co.uk/siteassets/documents/your-account/our-charges-explained/ses-hh-retail-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "SES Water Household Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "ses-water-northern-1",
      "company": "SES Water",
      "region": "Northern 1",
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Thames Water in most of the area and Southern Water in parts. SES Water collects their charges for them",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.4678,
      "water_standing_yr": 32.49,
      "water_standing_note": "one charge for household meters, it does not vary by meter size",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": null,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 271.73,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
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          "water": 142.57,
          "sewerage": null
        },
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          "water": 191.01,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [],
      "notes": [
        "SES Water sets three charging areas inside the Sutton and East Surrey supply area. The scheme points to a map rather than describing the boundaries, so we cannot tell you which one you are in.",
        "The WaterSure tariff is £249.53 a year and Water Support takes £12.02 off.",
        "The unmetered charge here is a licence fee of £271.73 a year, not a standing charge with a rateable value rate on top. The rateable value cells for this area are empty in the scheme.",
        "A second SES document swaps the two Northern areas around. We have followed the Household Charges Scheme, which is the charging document, and two readings of it agree."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.seswater.co.uk/siteassets/documents/your-account/our-charges-explained/ses-hh-retail-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "SES Water Household Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "ses-water-northern-2",
      "company": "SES Water",
      "region": "Northern 2",
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Thames Water in most of the area and Southern Water in parts. SES Water collects their charges for them",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 1.4678,
      "water_standing_yr": 32.49,
      "water_standing_note": "one charge for household meters, it does not vary by meter size",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 0.7744,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 56.87,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
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          "water": 142.57,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "multi occupancy",
          "water": 191.01,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [],
      "notes": [
        "SES Water sets three charging areas inside the Sutton and East Surrey supply area. The scheme points to a map rather than describing the boundaries, so we cannot tell you which one you are in.",
        "The WaterSure tariff is £249.53 a year and Water Support takes £12.02 off.",
        "A second SES document swaps the two Northern areas around. We have followed the Household Charges Scheme, which is the charging document, and two readings of it agree."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.seswater.co.uk/siteassets/documents/your-account/our-charges-explained/ses-hh-retail-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "SES Water Household Charges Scheme 2026/27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "south-east-water-sussex",
      "company": "South East Water",
      "region": "Sussex",
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Southern Water, Thames Water, Severn Trent Connect or Last Mile Water depending on where you live. South East Water bills for them",
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 3.01,
      "water_standing_yr": 50.2,
      "water_standing_note": "one charge across all four areas. No breakdown by meter size is published",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 2.94,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 46.28,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
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          "label": "single room",
          "water": 156.78,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "one bedroom",
          "water": 253.48,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "two bedrooms",
          "water": 336.56,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "three bedrooms",
          "water": 425.78,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "four bedrooms",
          "water": 484.54,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "five bedrooms",
          "water": 585.74,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "six or more bedrooms",
          "water": 890.94,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "single occupier",
          "water": 205.38,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "other dwellings",
          "water": 205.38,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [],
      "notes": [
        "South East Water's own charges scheme sits on a part of its site that blocks automated reading, so these figures come from the company's own tariff page instead, which publishes the same 2026-27 tables."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.southeastwater.co.uk/help/water-supply/water-charges-in-my-area/",
      "source_title": "Water charges in my area",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "south-east-water-mid-kent",
      "company": "South East Water",
      "region": "Mid Kent",
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Southern Water, Thames Water, Severn Trent Connect or Last Mile Water depending on where you live. South East Water bills for them",
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        },
        {
          "label": "four bedrooms",
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        },
        {
          "label": "five bedrooms",
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        },
        {
          "label": "six or more bedrooms",
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        },
        {
          "label": "single occupier",
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        },
        {
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          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        "South East Water's own charges scheme sits on a part of its site that blocks automated reading, so these figures come from the company's own tariff page instead, which publishes the same 2026-27 tables.",
        "Mid Kent is the only area with a different unmetered standing charge, £101.40 rather than £46.28."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.southeastwater.co.uk/help/water-supply/water-charges-in-my-area/",
      "source_title": "Water charges in my area",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
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      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
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      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
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        },
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          "sewerage": null
        },
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
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          "water": 585.74,
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        },
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        },
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          "sewerage": null
        },
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          "water": 205.38,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        "South East Water's own charges scheme sits on a part of its site that blocks automated reading, so these figures come from the company's own tariff page instead, which publishes the same 2026-27 tables."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.southeastwater.co.uk/help/water-supply/water-charges-in-my-area/",
      "source_title": "Water charges in my area",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
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      "id": "south-east-water-mid-southern",
      "company": "South East Water",
      "region": "Mid Southern",
      "services": "water only",
      "sewerage_billed_by": "Southern Water, Thames Water, Severn Trent Connect or Last Mile Water depending on where you live. South East Water bills for them",
      "year": "2026/27",
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      "water_standing_note": "one charge across all four areas. No breakdown by meter size is published",
      "sewerage_p_m3": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": null,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
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      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
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      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 46.28,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
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          "water": 133.5,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "one bedroom",
          "water": 208.9,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "two bedrooms",
          "water": 282.6,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "three bedrooms",
          "water": 344.02,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "four bedrooms",
          "water": 400.38,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "five bedrooms",
          "water": 470,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "six or more bedrooms",
          "water": 904.92,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "single occupier",
          "water": 171.02,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "other dwellings",
          "water": 171.02,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
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      "notes": [
        "South East Water's own charges scheme sits on a part of its site that blocks automated reading, so these figures come from the company's own tariff page instead, which publishes the same 2026-27 tables.",
        "Mid Southern is the only area with a different volumetric rate and its own assessed scale. It is lower in every band except six or more bedrooms, where it is higher. That is what the page prints."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.southeastwater.co.uk/help/water-supply/water-charges-in-my-area/",
      "source_title": "Water charges in my area",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
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      "company": "Severn Trent Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 2.5503,
      "water_standing_yr": 51.83,
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      "sewerage_p_m3": 1.6255,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 39.16,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": 1.2321,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": 8.3,
      "highway_drainage_yr": 19.68,
      "unmetered_rv_water": null,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": null,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 111.37,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": 88.4,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
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          "water": 415.82,
          "sewerage": 266.73
        },
        {
          "label": "semi detached",
          "water": 365.92,
          "sewerage": 236.5
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        {
          "label": "other household premises",
          "water": 331.73,
          "sewerage": 215.77
        },
        {
          "label": "single occupancy",
          "water": 164.65,
          "sewerage": 114.51
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      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [
        "Severn Trent does not publish one rate in the pound of rateable value. It sets ten charging zones, with water running from 165.13p in zone 9 to 198.79p in zones 1, 5, 6 and 7, and used and surface water from 126.73p to 135.75p. We do not show a single figure because there is not one.",
        "The unmetered fixed charges shown are for zones 1 to 9. Zone 10 pays £140.08 for water rather than £111.37.",
        "These figures come from Severn Trent's own charges pages rather than from its charges scheme document, which refuses automated requests. Both were read twice, once from the page text and once from the table markup, and the two readings agreed on every figure."
      ],
      "notes": [
        "Severn Trent charges by ten zones, which follow counties rather than postcodes. Zone 1 is Shropshire, 2 is Worcester and Gloucester, 3 Warwickshire, 4 Leicestershire, 5 Nottinghamshire, 6 Derbyshire, 7 Staffordshire, 8 Central and 9 Chester.",
        "The £1.2321 rate is for a property that discharges straight to a treatment works rather than to a public sewer, which is unusual but real.",
        "Surface water drainage is £8.30 a year plus a rate per pound of rateable value that runs from 20.54p in zone 2 to 25.05p in zones 1, 4, 5 and 6.",
        "Highway drainage is billed separately at £19.68 a year, on the metered, unmetered and assessed tariffs alike.",
        "Assessed charges add the £19.68 highway drainage on top of the figures above. Zones 9 and 10 have their own assessed scale, £174.99 single occupancy and £366.00 multi occupancy for water.",
        "Severn Trent also runs a Water Smart trial tariff with three consumption blocks and a lower standing charge of £40.33. It is a trial and is not the standard tariff."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.stwater.co.uk/my-account/our-charges/metered-charges/",
      "source_title": "Metered, unmetered and assessed charges 2026/2027",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "anglian-water",
      "company": "Anglian Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 2.9538,
      "water_standing_yr": 60,
      "water_standing_note": "the standard tariff. The scheme prints one household standing charge rather than a table by meter size",
      "sewerage_p_m3": 2.5607,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 52.95,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": 52,
      "highway_drainage_yr": 25,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 0.2922,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": 0.2336,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 513.45,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": 398.95,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [
        "Anglian publishes a rates table on an ordinary page of its website with no year on it anywhere. Neither set on that page matches this year's scheme, so it appears to be two older years. If you found rates there, they are not these."
      ],
      "notes": [
        "Anglian is built the other way round from most companies. The unmetered fixed charge is very large, £513.45 for water, and the rate per pound of rateable value is very small at 29.22p. Read either half on its own and you will get the wrong answer.",
        "The unmetered fixed charge is banded by rateable value. The figures here are for a rateable value up to £1,000, which covers almost every home. Above that it rises to £974.45 and then £2,357.45.",
        "Surface water drainage at £52.00 and highway drainage at £25.00 are separate annual lines. Foul, surface and highway together come to a £129.95 fixed sewerage charge.",
        "These are the Anglian area figures. The scheme sets separate tariffs for Woods Meadow, Northstowe, Finningley and Hartlepool.",
        "Anglian runs several alternative tariffs: Aquacare Plus at £171.20 and £1.4711, LITE at £45.00 and £2.2154, Extra LITE at £30.00 and £1.4769, plus two seasonal trials that charge roughly twice as much in summer."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/siteassets/household/account--bill/household-charges-scheme-2026-2027.pdf",
      "source_title": "Anglian Water Services Limited 2026-2027 Household Charges Scheme",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "southern-water",
      "company": "Southern Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 3.518,
      "water_standing_yr": 46.7,
      "water_standing_note": "called a standing retail charge. It does not vary by meter size for households",
      "sewerage_p_m3": 3.545,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 49.27,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": 50,
      "highway_drainage_yr": 19.16,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 2.211,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": 2.143,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 42.85,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": 44.67,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": 137.23,
      "assessed": [],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [
        "Southern's own how we calculate your bill page was still showing 2024/25 rates when we checked in August 2026. The figures here come from the charges scheme, which is the charging document."
      ],
      "notes": [
        "Southern charges more per cubic metre than any other company here, for water and for sewerage, which is why its average bill is the highest in England and Wales.",
        "Surface water drainage is charged by meter size. £50.00 is the household rate for a meter up to 20mm. It rises steeply above that, to £367.97 at 25mm.",
        "Highway drainage is a separate £19.16 a year on both the metered and the unmetered tariff.",
        "The £137.23 minimum applies to water, and also serves as the charge for a property with no rateable value.",
        "The WaterSure cap is £354.00 for water and £405.00 for sewerage."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.southernwater.co.uk/media/a3yagef1/household-charges-scheme-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Southern Water Household Charges Scheme 2026-27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "wessex-water",
      "company": "Wessex Water",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 3.0573,
      "water_standing_yr": 30,
      "water_standing_note": "household meter under 25mm. A meter of 25mm or more is £84",
      "sewerage_p_m3": 3.1124,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 71,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": 3.1124,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": 43,
      "surface_water_yr": null,
      "highway_drainage_yr": null,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 2.9441,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": 2.8974,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 8,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": 8,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": null,
      "assessed": [
        {
          "label": "band 1",
          "water": 187,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "band 1, communal",
          "water": 163,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "band 2",
          "water": 285,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "band 2, communal",
          "water": 236,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "band 3",
          "water": 351,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "band 4",
          "water": 406,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "band 5",
          "water": 477,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "band 6",
          "water": 536,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "band 7",
          "water": 591,
          "sewerage": null
        },
        {
          "label": "band 8",
          "water": 645,
          "sewerage": null
        }
      ],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [
        "The assessed wastewater bands were not captured. They are published in the same schedule and we have not read them, so nothing is shown rather than a guess."
      ],
      "notes": [
        "Wessex does not bill surface water drainage as a separate line. It reduces the wastewater standing charge instead, from £71 to £43, where no part of the property drains rainwater to the sewer. That is what the rainwater drainage allowance means on a Wessex bill.",
        "The unmetered standing charge is only £8 a year, the lowest here by a long way, because Wessex recovers almost everything through the rate per pound of rateable value.",
        "The unmetered wastewater rate falls from £2.8974 to £2.7249 with the rainwater allowance. Customers in the Thames area pay slightly less again, £2.8431, and standard Thames unmetered customers pay no standing charge.",
        "A 5 per cent allowance is applied automatically to the sewerage volume, for water not returned to the sewer.",
        "The assessed water charges are bands rather than property types, with a lower rate for communal supplies."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/media/n3lemv5r/household-charges-scheme-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Household charges scheme 2026-2027",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hafren-dyfrdwy",
      "company": "Hafren Dyfrdwy",
      "region": null,
      "services": "water and sewerage",
      "sewerage_billed_by": null,
      "year": "2026/27",
      "water_p_m3": 2.4247,
      "water_standing_yr": 54.01,
      "water_standing_note": "the same in every zone. The volumetric rate is not: this is zones A and D, and zone B is £2.3663 and zone C £2.3274",
      "sewerage_p_m3": 2.5404,
      "sewerage_standing_yr": 29.19,
      "sewerage_p_m3_no_surface_water": null,
      "sewerage_standing_yr_no_surface_water": null,
      "surface_water_yr": 14.16,
      "highway_drainage_yr": 29.99,
      "unmetered_rv_water": 1.9465,
      "unmetered_rv_sewerage": 3.5086,
      "unmetered_fixed_water_yr": 142.66,
      "unmetered_fixed_sewerage_yr": 116.1,
      "unmetered_minimum_yr": 263.22,
      "assessed": [],
      "readings": 2,
      "unverified": [
        "Zone B has a higher unmetered fixed water charge, £159.18 rather than £142.66. The figures here are for zones A and D, which are the ones with sewerage.",
        "Hafren Dyfrdwy publishes no rates on its ordinary web pages at all, only in this document."
      ],
      "notes": [
        "Hafren Dyfrdwy is owned by Severn Trent and its scheme is built the same way, in charging zones. Zones A and D are the Powys and Monmouthshire areas, which are the only ones where it does sewerage. Zones B and C, around Wrexham and the Dee valley, are water only.",
        "The rateable value rates are printed in pence in the scheme, 194.65p for water and 350.86p for used and surface water. They are shown here in pounds.",
        "The unmetered sewerage rate of £3.5086 is for used and surface water together. Used water alone is £2.9317, and surface water alone £0.5769.",
        "Surface water drainage is £14.16 a year plus a rate per pound of rateable value, 57.69p in zone A and 51.03p in zone D. There is also a property type scale: £118.33 detached, £78.88 semi detached, £39.45 otherwise.",
        "Highway drainage is a separate £29.99 a year.",
        "A minimum water charge of £263.22 applies in zones A and D."
      ],
      "source": "https://www.hdcymru.co.uk/content/dam/stw/my-account/our-charges/2026/hd-end-user-charges-scheme-hh-2026-27.pdf",
      "source_title": "Hafren Dyfrdwy Household Scheme of Charges 2026-27",
      "page": "https://tarifftracker.io/water/charges/"
    }
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}