Trade effluent charges (4 figures)
The UK Trade Effluent and Drainage Charges carries 4 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 36.83 to 154.68 GBP, read 11 September 2026.
2 of the 17 named sources read in full publish a figure; 15 publish none, read 11 September 2026.
By charge type
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| charge typesewerage standing charge (metered) | 49GBP | 36.83 to 61.16GBP | 2 |
| charge typesewerage standing charge (rateable value) | 154.68GBP | 154.68 to 154.68GBP | 1 |
| charge typesurface water drainage | 85.47GBP | 85.47 to 85.47GBP | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northumbrian Water tariffs and charges | 154.68GBP | sewerage standing charge (rateable value) | 2026-09-11 |
| Yorkshire Water, charges for customers without a meter | 85.47GBP | surface water drainage | 2026-09-11 |
| Northumbrian Water tariffs and charges | 61.16GBP | sewerage standing charge (metered) | 2026-09-11 |
| Yorkshire Water, charges for customers without a meter | 36.83GBP | sewerage standing charge (metered) | 2026-09-11 |
The sentence each figure was read from (4)
- Northumbrian Water tariffs and charges, read 2026-09-11:
Fixed charge + Price per £ of RV £154.68 + £0.8905
- Yorkshire Water, charges for customers without a meter, read 2026-09-11:
Surface water charge £85.47
- Northumbrian Water tariffs and charges, read 2026-09-11:
Fixed charge + Price per cubic metre £61.16 + £1.6169
- Yorkshire Water, charges for customers without a meter, read 2026-09-11:
Sewerage £36.83
Read in full, publishes no figure
15 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- United Utilities surface water drainage, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Yorkshire Water surface water drainage, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- NI Water trade effluent charges, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- NI Water non-domestic charges, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Thames Water wholesale charges, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Thames Water, changes to our charges (FAQ), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Thames Water wholesale document library, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Dwr Cymru Welsh Water wholesale charges document, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Dwr Cymru Welsh Water scheme of charges, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Hafren Dyfrdwy tariffs and charges, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Wessex Water our charges, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ofwat, charges, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ofwat, charging compliance requirements, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Water2Business, trade effluent charges, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Wave Utilities, guide to trade effluent, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
2 of the 17 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 15 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 4 figures, never sentences; 13 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per sewerage undertaker per charge: the Mogden coefficients for trade effluent, the surface water and highway drainage rate by site-area band, the return-to-sewer assumption and the standing charge, each quoted from that undertaker's own scheme with its charging year; the derivation is what the SAME discharge costs across thirteen undertakers and how that has moved year on year - a comparison no undertaker makes and the regulator does not publish in one place
13 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (18)
- Northumbrian Water tariffs and charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- United Utilities surface water drainage(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Yorkshire Water surface water drainage(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Yorkshire Water, charges for customers without a meter(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- NI Water trade effluent charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- NI Water non-domestic charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Thames Water wholesale charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Thames Water, changes to our charges (FAQ)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Thames Water wholesale document library(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dwr Cymru Welsh Water wholesale charges document(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dwr Cymru Welsh Water scheme of charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hafren Dyfrdwy tariffs and charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wessex Water our charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ofwat, charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ofwat, charging compliance requirements(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Southern Water trade effluent charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Water2Business, trade effluent charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wave Utilities, guide to trade effluent(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The UK Trade Effluent and Drainage Charges carries 4 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 36.83 to 154.68 GBP, read 11 September 2026.
2 of the 17 named sources read in full publish a figure; 15 publish none, read 11 September 2026.
UK Trade Effluent and Drainage Charges, charge type sewerage standing charge (metered): median 48.99 GBP across 2 sources, read 11 September 2026.
UK Trade Effluent and Drainage Charges, charge type sewerage standing charge (rateable value): median 154.68 GBP across 1 source, read 11 September 2026.
UK Trade Effluent and Drainage Charges, charge type surface water drainage: median 85.47 GBP across 1 source, read 11 September 2026.
Cite as: "commercialdrainagequotes.co.uk UK Trade Effluent and Drainage Charges", updated 2026-10-18, https://commercialdrainagequotes.co.uk/datasets/uk-trade-effluent-and-drainage-charges/.
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