A wealth of information and headlines on the Ofwat website:

http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/pricereview/pr14/finaldet

Comment – Guardian: ‘Water bills to smash £400 a year barrier despite regulator taking action Ofwat moves to cut bills by 5% – but customers will not see this as they will still rise with inflation The average household water bills will rise to over £400 a year for the first time next year despite an announcement by the industry regulator that prices will fall by 5% by 2020. Ofwat, which sets the limits on water charges every years, announced that water bills across the country would be cut by an average 5% before inflation over the next five years, knocking £20 off the average bill over this period. To read more go to: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/dec/12/water-bills-fall-5-percent-five-years-ofwat