News: WaterSure Scheme – help with paying water bills
The bill cap scheme can help you if:
☆ You have a water meter
AND
☆ You have three or more children living with you
Or
☆ Someone in your household has a medical condition that uses a lot of water
E.g
• Desquamation (flaky skin disease)
• Weeping skin disease (eczema, psoriasis, varicose ulceration)
• Renal failure requiring home dialysis (except where the health authority contributes to the cost of the dialysis),
• Incontinence
• Abdominal stoma
• Chrohn’s disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Another medical condition which requires the use of significant additional water and can be supported with a doctor’s letter.
AND
☆ You receive at least one of the following benefits:
• Pension credit
• Income Support
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
• Income based Job Seekers Allowance
• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit (not including family element-only claimants)
• Housing Benefit
• Universal Credit.
You must meet all three criteria above to be eligible.
Find out more: https://www.nwl.co.uk/watersure

Posted on: 5th March 2025

