Financial assistance for water bill payments is "more accessible"

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Financial assistance for water bill payments is "more accessible"

The financial assistance scheme for people struggling to pay their water bills has become "more accessible", according to the Consumer Council for Water.

Andy White, policy manager for the organisation, pointed out that the WaterSure scheme has seen many more applications because utility companies are now promoting it.

He highlighted how the economic climate has led to an increase in the number of people who are looking more carefully at their finances and ways that they can reduce their outgoings.

Mr White said: "In the two years since we began that project, there has been an 80 per cent increase, so that's all a great start in making the scheme more accessible and raising awareness."

This week, water industry regulator Ofwat released figures which indicated that there were 28,879 successful WaterSure applications in 2008-09.

Of the submissions sent in to the company this year, 88 per cent were granted the discounted tariff.

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