Fixed-rate water charges will hit 300,000 homes, says report

ABOUT 300,000 households will be slapped with a fixed-rate water charge — irrespective of the quantity of water they use.

A Department of Environment-funded report has for the first time estimated how many homes will be metered under the water charges scheme.

The research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found that 1.35 million households would be on public water supplies when the system was up and running.