Charge

What it covers

How is it charged and when is it paid

Which customers pay this

Application or enquiry fee

Upfront administrative activity from logging an application through to providing a quote or design

Charged per application and paid upfront when you issue your application

All customers pay this charge. The value of this charge is dependent on the type of application for example a service connection application fee is cheaper than the fee for a new mains scheme.

Service connection charge (site-specific construction)

The planning and delivery of constructing new service connections including local authority permitting costs for working in the highway and traffic management

Charged on a menu of rates based on the scope of the works required and paid for after you have received your quote from us but before we carry out the construction works

Those customers requiring new service connections into our network (including replacement connections) whether this is just one connection or many hundreds on a development site.

Mains laying charge (site-specific construction)

The planning and delivery of laying new mains on development sites or feeding a new development including local authority permitting costs for working in the highway and traffic management

Charged on a menu of rates based on the scope of the works required and paid for after you have received your quote from us but before we carry out the construction works

Those customers requiring a new main, typically a new main is installed where a number of new properties require a new water supply. It is unlikely that those customers requiring only a few service connections will pay this type of charge.

We also use our mains charges when providing quotes for connecting infrastructure for Self Lay provider and NAV sites.

Infrastructure charge

The investment we need to make in our network to cater for the increased demand from new developments

Charged per property (or per plot) and typically paid after the connections have been made (you can pay beforehand if you wish)

The majority of customers pay this charge. If we are providing a connection to a location where there has been previous usage in the past 5 years (ie a renovated building/site, replacement connection) then no infrastructure charge is due here.

Water efficiency discount

Discount against the infrastructure charge for properties which show reduced water supply demand

Applied per property (against the infrastructure charge for that property) and at the same time that the infrastructure charge is paid

Any customer who is applicable for the infrastructure charge (the majority) and who has built to meet the demand requirements

Environmental component

A charge which recovers the revenue required to fund the discounts provided to developments which have been built to meet our water efficiency scheme criteria

Charged per property (or per plot) and paid alongside the infrastructure charge

Any customer who is applicable for the infrastructure charge (the majority)