Bristol Water water charges, 2026/27.
Bristol Water's published household charges for 2026/27, read straight from its own charges scheme. A metered home pays a £69.23 standing charge a year for water plus 187.95p for every cubic metre used. Work your own bill with the calculator on the charges page.
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If you have a meter
A standing charge a year, plus a rate for every cubic metre, which is 1,000 litres.
A year, before you use a drop.
Every 1,000 litres you use.
If you have no meter, a fixed charge
Some homes are charged a flat amount, or on the old rateable value where one survives.
A year, no meter.
Assessed charges, if you cannot have a meter
A banded charge by property size, offered where a meter is not practical.
| Property | Water |
|---|---|
| fixed charge, before bedrooms | £69.23 |
| first bedroom | £103.37 |
| each further bedroom | £70.48 |
Where this comes from, and where it could be wrong
Every figure is read from Bristol Water's own charges scheme for 2026/27, twice, and only published where both readings agreed. Your actual bill depends on how much water you use and whether you have a meter, which is why the calculator on the charges page does the arithmetic.
Worth knowing about Bristol Water
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.
- Bristol Water Household Charges Scheme 2026-27, metered, unmeasured and assessed domestic water tariff tables
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