Water prices rose 11 per cent in a year

INFRASTRUCTURE maintenance and the construction of desalination plants have helped push household water prices up by 11 per cent, experts say.

Household water prices jumped 11 per cent over the past year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said on Wednesday.

The hike, reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday, means the average price households are paying for water went up from $2.44 per 1000 litres in 2010-11 to $2.72 in 2011-12.

Australian Water Association chief executive Jonathan McKeown says the price rise is the result of infrastructure maintenance and includes costs for the treatment and disposal of waste water.

"It is important that we improve our waste water management systems, specifically storm water capture and reuse," he said in a statement.

But the Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC) says there is a danger rising water prices will affect low-income earners.

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The consumer watchdog says it is up to retailers make sure people aren't getting burned by high prices, while the government needs to make people aware of available concessions.

The ABS said while there were differences in water quality, households were paying more than 20 times as much than agricultural users, who were paying about 9 cents per 1000 litres.

South Australian households were paying the highest prices for water in urban areas, at $3.96 per 1000 litres, followed by Queensland at $2.95 and the ACT at $2.86.

The 2013 AWA/Deloitte State of the Water Sector Report found the proportion of respondents who considered prices too high increased from 21 per cent to 27 per cent in 2013, while the proportion who found prices too low fell from 35 per cent in 2012 to 30 per cent in 2013.

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