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Originally Posted by Chris
The charging system in Scotland is more similar to England and Wales than you might think.
If you don’t have a water meter in England your bill is based on rateable value. If you don’t have a water meter in Scotland (and very few do) your bill is based on council tax bands. Council tax valuation and rateable value are just two different ways of valuing your property. Council tax bands are derived from a sale valuation while rates are (more or less) an estimate of your property’s rental value.
AFAIK the difference is because water in England and wales was privatised before council tax was introduced, so rates were the only figure available for charging based on property value. In Scotland water is not privatised and bills are collected by councils on the council tax bill, so they have to use council tax as a the basis for the water bill.
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Mines on the rateable value, £24 a month, if you lived in a council house in certain London Boroughs your water was included in your rent
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
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That's privatisation for you, the regulator is concerned about keeping them afloat not the customer