United Utilities water charges, 2026/27.
United Utilities's published household charges for 2026/27, read straight from its own charges scheme. A metered home pays a £23.66 standing charge a year for water plus 323.50p 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.
A year.
For water returned to the sewer.
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 | Sewerage | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| other household premises | £272.37 | £342.67 | £615.04 |
| semi detached | £363.00 | £402.98 | £765.98 |
| detached | £412.78 | £436.13 | £848.91 |
| larger premises | £799.37 | £693.47 | £1,492.84 |
| single occupier | £169.85 | £275.43 | £445.28 |
Where this comes from, and where it could be wrong
Every figure is read from United Utilities'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 United Utilities
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.
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.
- Household Charges Scheme 2026/27, sections 4, 5 and 7
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