Cambridge Water Contact, Login, Bill, Moving Home Info

Cambridge Water supplies water to over 350,000 customers in Cambridge and surrounding towns such as Ramsey, Balsham and Melbourn. This private water company has changed hands from overseas holding companies to HSBC and finally to its current owners, South Staffordshire PLC. It's worth noting that while Cambridge Water handles drinking water supply, wastewater and sewerage in the area is the responsibility of Anglian Water.

Cambridge Water Contact

It's worth knowing all the Cambridge Water contact options to pick the best phone number or method to get water issues and questions solved quickly.

Cambridge water contact phone numbers are broken up the same way as South Staffs Water. This isn't surprising since both water suppliers are owned by the same main company.

In addition to phone numbers, Cambridge Water also provides a contact form on its "Contact Us" page where customers can enter their details and explain their concerns or questions as another convenient way of submitting their enquiries.

The Account and Billing phone number above also doubles up as the first step in making a complaint. Further steps involve putting the complaint in writing and sending it to: Customer Relations, Cambridge Water, PO Box 7040, Green Lane, Walsall, WS1 9QG

Cambridge Water on Social Media

If you fancy yourself to be a bit of an influencer, you might prefer to reach out to Cambridge Water on Facebook Messenger and Twitter. Both of those accounts are quite active and seem to respond to customer enquiries. Be aware, however, that if your enquiry is more specific to your Cambridge Water account, you will very probably be asked to shift over to email or phone contact, after the initial social media contact, out of concern for your privacy.

Cambridge Water Login

You need to have a valid Cambridge Water login in order to be able to successfully manage your online account.

Register with Cambridge Water

Once you've registered and logged in, you will be able to take care of the following Cambridge Water account queries:

1. Cambridge Water bill payments
2. Sorting out Direct Debits
3. Viewing your Cambridge Water bill history
4. Change of address or account holder details
5. Water meter readings

Sign up for a Cambridge Water login

To sign up for a Cambridge Water login, you will need to provide the following details so the water supplier can check them against their records and create your account:

1. Customer Reference Number: Check your Cambridge Water bill and find the 8-digit number after the letters UC or MC
2. Account holder surname
3. Postcode of the supplied property
4. Account holder phone number
5. Email address
6. Password

Password criteria

You need to make sure that the email address you put down is one you have convenient access to and that the password fulfils certain online security best practices:

1. 8 to 20 characters in length
2. Have both capital and lowercase letters
3. Have one or more numerical characters
4. Not have any spaces
5. Have at least one special character (such as a punctuation mark)

Forgotten login

If you've forgotten your login, not all is lost, as long as you can access the email address you put down when registering for your Cambridge Water login. There is a forgotten password link above where you would normally enter the password. Clicking it will take you to a page where you will enter your account email address. This will enable Cambridge Water to email you account recovery instructions, so you can get back in quickly.

Cambridge Water Bill

Your Cambridge Water bill will look different depending on whether you have a water meter or not. Either way, you will be able to see your water rates in detail no matter the type of water billing method your home is under.

For metered properties, be aware that water bills work differently than energy bills. For starters, water standing charges change depending on the size or capacity of your meter. The larger the meter, the more you pay.

For Cambridge Water, metered water standing charges can range from around £40 to over £180 yearly for the largest water meters. However, don't take our word for it, since these figures can change from one year to the next. Your Cambridge Water bill will tell you the size of the water meter you have and how much your water standing charge is. Depending on where your water meter is located, you may also have to pay a garden water meter standing charge.

In addition, you will also have to pay sewerage charges. Cambridge Water collects these on behalf of Anglian Water - the company in charge of wastewater and sewerage in the area.

If your home does not have a water meter (likely if built before 1990), you will pay a fixed amount for your water - no matter how much you use. Cambridge Water calculates this by multiplying the unmetered water charge by the rateable value of your home. Rateable value is just a fancy way of saying how much you would pay for rent for an equivalent property in the area back when the local council determined this (it hasn't changed since the introduction of water meters for new builds). In addition to this, you will also pay the unmetered standing charge for the year, which at the time of writing is under £30.

Essentially, the same thing happens for wastewater charges, except that money goes to Anglian Water - even though it's collected by Cambridge Water.

Cambridge Water Moving Home

Your Cambridge Water moving home process query will have a different answer depending on the following circumstances. Namely, where you are moving from and to.

1. Existing customer changing address within the Cambridge Water supply area
2. Existing customer moving away from supply area and needing to close out account
3. New customer currently with a different water supplier moving to a home supplied by Cambridge Water

Cambridge Water Moving Home FAQs

Here are the most common questions when it comes to moving home with as a Cambridge Water customer.