Water bills to rise as of January 1, 2026, Athens Water & Sewage company says

Water and sewage bills volition emergence arsenic of January 1, 2026, the Athens Water Supply & Sewerage Company (EYDAP) said connected Tuesday.

In an announcement, EYDAP said the increases were approved by the Independent Regulatory Authority of Sewage, Energy, and Waters (RAEEY) successful the model of the caller regulatory authorities and the five-year regulatory period. The increases are expected to beryllium successful effect until 2029.

As of January 1, the billing of h2o depletion and sewage volition stay the aforesaid crossed each depletion levels. The lone interest to emergence is the fixed complaint for h2o proviso (an summation of 1 euro), portion a fixed complaint of 1 euro volition beryllium introduced for sewage (VAT to beryllium added).

The implementation of the caller fixed rates volition rotation retired gradually, depending connected billing cycles of consumers.

EYDAP said that it continues to connection the highest-quality and cheapest h2o among European cities, but besides the cheapest h2o among Greek cities including Thessaloniki. It besides announced that susceptible groups volition wage little connected their bills, arsenic the fixed complaint volition beryllium cancelled successful their lawsuit portion the billing would stay the same. "EYDAP's societal argumentation guarantees that nary household volition spell without entree to water," the institution said.

Water and sewage bills person remained the aforesaid for implicit 15 years, the institution said, contempt the rising outgo of energy, cumulative ostentation exceeding 28%, and the repercussions of the clime crisis, which are importantly burdening the h2o and sewage system.

The accommodation of prices relates to backing for indispensable infrastructure projects, worthy 2.5 cardinal euros, which includes replacing aged pipes, reducing h2o loss, integer supervision of networks, and resilience projects for h2o shortages and utmost upwind phenomena.