Severn Trent to consult customers on future water bills

“"as most of the funding can be obtained from the Government"

and they get it from?
thats right, changing the way the water companies have to operate
You will pay one way or another
Are you aware of AMP5?”

“"as most of the funding can be obtained from the Government"

and they get it from?
thats right, changing the way the water companies have to operate
You will pay one way or another
Are you aware of AMP5?”

“As I do subscribe to several engineering publications, and actually read them, it shows something different as most of the funding can be obtained from the Government and the EU, the remainder would be provided by the rest of the water companies. When you break down the remainder and divide it by the other water companies it becomes insignificant as it can all be written off against tax.

In reality this figure you show is more about scaremongering than fact, and has proven to be so by all the experts as this uses such words as "could cost" when in reality it relies on a network of piped systems instead of the other various alternatives which exist.”

“Shmosgjn

Try £15billion
Just one of many articles I could link to, anything more technical required a subscription to engineering periodicals
http://tinyurl.com/cc9srye”

“HTTP: what a stupid statement to make, can you substantiate this outlandish claim that bills will quadruple? doubtful.

Infrastructure improvements come in many forms and over many years, often with initial funding from a variety of sources as well as capital investment from the company/companies concerned. Many are structured to give a return after the first phase/phases are completed and bring in income almost immediately.”

“Smhogun
Where would the BILLIONS needed to construct all this new infrastructure come from initially?
People's water bills, so I assume you will be completing the survey to say you are happy for your bill to be quadrupled or more?

Snow_Leapord
Like all utility companies, gas electricity or water, investment and maintenance of infrastructure is heavily regulated and the companies are obliged to a minimum level of investment per annum, investment plans are submitted in 5 year cycles, the latest regulatory period for water started last year/this year (for electricity it is next year) fail to spend this money and they are heavily fined”

“They should be investing in the failing infrastructure as this is dilapidated and unfit for use in many parts of the region; and they should invest heavily in water storage facilities so we have a system more akin to other continental systems as they never seem to be short of water. Take a look at Spain for example, much less rainfall than us, but they never have the taps running dry, and they can water their numerous parks and golf courses twice daily.

We also have to invest in a water grid similar to the national grids for gas and electricity, by doing this we can sell surplus water to other suppliers, particularly those down south where overpopulation has created such a demand that it can't be filled. By having such storage capacity we could sell water and the profits can be used to reduce customers bills for Severn Trent customers and still make excellent profits for the company, its a win-win situation.

Unfortunately it won't happen because Severn Trent don't have the foresight to make such an investment in water storage and a grid to connect it to other potential customers, but financially it works, and I feel sure many customers would welcome such an initiative to reduce their bills and have water all year round.”

“This should prove interesting if Severn Trent are asking how much we WANT to pay as opposed to how much we HAVE to pay. If that is the case I only want to pay £24 for the year instead of £24 a month.”

“"particularly as the Environment Agency reported last week that 2012 was the wettest, and yet driest, year on record" - ?”

“There should be NO PROFIT in water!”