There is a Need to Help Those Who do Pay on Time

Interim reports on the independent Walker Review of water have indicated that the problem of delayed bill payments or failure to pay bills are costing on average an additional fee of £11 on everyone else’s water bill.

In the report it is suggested that the ban on reduced flow devices aptly named ‘trickle flow’ should be dropped in order for the same to be implemented on those customers who clearly can pay the bills but simply refuse to do so.

Whilst there appears to be a clear protest about the implementation of such water devices there is a clear consideration for the everyday, honest bill payer who appears to be hard done by the current situation.

The water industry is clearly concerned at the current economic situation and understanding toward how debt crisis affects its millions of customers but this is simply no defence to allow those paying their bills on time to face an additional economic burden to pay for the others less likely to be prompt.

It seems that the use of trickle values in the water industry is a highly sensitive one at the present time but one that is clearly on the agenda and of course if things get tougher when it comes to customers not paying bills it could well come to the forefront of consideration in the future.