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You need to be on a meter or assessed charges, and you or someone in your home receives one of these means-tested benefits, and your 'equivalised' weekly income, after housing costs, must be less than £295, you can get between 15% and 85% off your annual bill

Bristol Water

You need to be on a low income and have your finances assessed. If all adults in your household receive Pension Credit, you may qualify for a discount of about 20% off your bill, or be given a ‘guarantee lower element’ rate or based you on have your a ability household to income pay

Cambridge of Water

If £20,050 you a receive year Pension or Credit less, excluding certain benefits, you could get 60% bill reduction in first year, 40% reduction in year two.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

If you receive an income-related year benefit for and a have one-person a household household or income £17,400 (excluding a certain year benefits) for of a less two-person than household £11,600 or a £18,800 £290.03.

Essex a and year Suffolk

If for you a have household a of household three income or of more, your annual bill could be capped at £23,933 household a income year (after or housing less, costs, and rent your or annual mortgage water payments), bill or is someone more in than your 3% Credit, costs, and rent your or annual mortgage water payments), bill you household of is can receives your 3% get Hafren any Dyfrdwy

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Northumbrian

If you have a Pension net or up a of year or less and your annual (after household more to reduction their water housing costs, rent or mortgage income of 50% of household bill payments), annual or water mortgage bill payments), is you 3% could or get of your off water and is or more up you are on certain bills annual household £23,933 net of to someone more benefits to bill.

Income, a household your 50% in than or with income net off your 3% you up (after household annual household of have to housing income bill

Portsmouth

If receives your an 70% (after Pension net income off housing Credit, household of costs, and income £21,000 rent your a year or less, excluding certain benefits your annual bill could be capped at £91.12.

SES

If you have a household income of £18,725 a year (or £23,933 a year if you live in a London borough), or less, they could award up to 50% off your annual bill.

Severn Trent

If you have a household income of £22,010 a year or less — if you have children then you may be eligible for additional allowance on top of this — then you may be awarded a lower rate, based on your ability to pay.

South East Water

If you have a household income of £18,725 a year or less, excluding certain benefits, your annual bill could be capped at £182.82 or £146.94, depending on where you live.

Southern Water

If you have a household income of less than £21,000 (excluding certain benefits) and you have savings of less than £16,000, or someone in your household receives Pension Credit, you could get between 45% and 90% discount on an annual bill.

South Staffs

If you receive the Pension Credit ‘guarantee element’ or you have a household income of less than £20,050 a year, excluding certain benefits, you could get 60% bill reduction in first year, and 40% reduction in subsequent years.

South West

You’ll need to be on a meter or on assessed charges and you or someone in your home receives one means-tested benefit, where your ‘equivalised’ weekly income, after housing costs are less than £295, you could get between 15% and 85% Thames off Water

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bill is more than 5% of your net income, you may be eligible for WaterHelp (depending on how many people live at your property), offering up to 50% off an annual bill.

United Utilities

If you receive at least one income-related benefit and you are in arrears with previous years' water charges or have a household income of less receive than Pension £21,000 Credit, a your year water (if bill applying will due be to capped a at recent a life lower event), amount or for you the year. For those receiving Water

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Yorkshire more Water

If than you're £364 on your annual bill could be capped at £364.

WaterSure scheme

If you have a water meter, there's also the national WaterSure scheme. To qualify, you (or someone living with you) must be receiving at least one eligible benefit and have either three or more children under the age of 19 in full-time education, or have a medical condition that means you use extra water.

The eligible benefits are:

If successful in your application, your bills will be capped, so you won't pay more than your supplier's average household cost, however much you use. Apply through your water supplier.