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Essex & Suffolk Water customer service
- Contact number
- 0345 782 0111
- Customer support
- www.eswater.co.uk
- Head office
- Northumbria House, Abbey Road, Pity Me, Durham DH1 5FJ, United Kingdom
- Twitter / X
- @eswater_care
- Social media
Contact details checked on 29 Oct 2026
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Is Essex & Suffolk Water legit?
Legit, mixed reviewsEssex & Suffolk Water is the real company behind the taps across much of Essex and Suffolk, yet its bills are a frequent sore point. A run of estimated readings can be followed by a much larger bill once a real reading or a newly fitted meter catches up with what you actually used.
What we checked
- Formed by a merger in 1994
- Part of Northumbrian Water since 2000
- Registered office in Durham
- Ratings on other review websites: 2.5/5
Watch out for
- A text or email about a bill change or water restrictions, with a link asking for payment details.
- A caller at the door saying they are from 'the water board', a name the company no longer uses.
- A sewerage charge on a separate bill, since Anglian Water or Thames Water handles that part.
Water bill jumped after a real meter reading?
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File a Essex & Suffolk Water complaintCommon customer service questions about Essex & Suffolk Water
How do I file a complaint about Essex & Suffolk Water?
Do you have a dispute or a bad customer experience with Essex & Suffolk Water? Report it through our website to maximize the chance of getting it resolved.
We help you write an effective complaint in minutes. Our AI models are trained on thousands of effective complaint letters. Then we push it through emails, social media, paper complaint letters and other tools at our disposal. And you are not alone: our helpful community is there for advice.
How do I contact Essex & Suffolk Water customer service?
Essex & Suffolk Water customer service is on 0345 782 0111, the general line for billing, moving home, the Priority Services register and other questions, and its website also offers a contact form, a WhatsApp service for non-urgent questions and an online account, all reached from the contact page linked above. For a burst, a heavy leak or no water, use the emergency numbers on that contact page rather than the general line. Have the customer reference number from your bill ready. Essex & Suffolk Water is run from the head office of Northumbrian Water Limited in Durham, whose address is in the contact details above; to escalate inside the company, ask for your complaint to be passed to the customer care team and quote your reference.
Bill or meter reading you dispute? Start your complaint here too, and we push it out to Essex & Suffolk Water by email, social media and printed letters.
How do I dispute an Essex & Suffolk Water bill?
To dispute an Essex & Suffolk Water bill, check whether it is based on an actual or an estimated meter reading, and compare the reading on the bill with a dated photo of your meter. Then contact Essex & Suffolk Water on 0345 782 0111 or through the contact form, quote your customer reference number, say that you are disputing the bill and ask for a reference for the complaint.
If the bill jumped because of high usage, ask whether there could be a leak on your side of the supply, and keep any plumber's report. If paying is hard, ask about a payment plan or help with your bill while the dispute is open: Essex & Suffolk Water lists financial support among its services.
Bill based on readings that do not match your meter? Bring it through our complaint process: our trained AI opens a case for you and keeps coaching you on what to reply and when to push again.
Who do I contact about sewerage in Essex and Suffolk?
Essex & Suffolk Water supplies drinking water only, so a sewerage problem in its area, such as a blocked public sewer or a sewage smell, goes to Anglian Water or Thames Water, depending on where you live; the Essex & Suffolk Water contact page lists the sewerage contacts for both. Problems with the drinking water itself, such as a leak, low pressure, discoloured water or no supply, go to Essex & Suffolk Water.
Can I take an Essex & Suffolk Water complaint to CCW (Consumer Council for Water) or the Dispute Resolution Ombudsman?
Yes: CCW (Consumer Council for Water) helps household customers in England who are unhappy with their water company, Essex & Suffolk Water customers included, and Northumbrian Water Limited, the company that trades as Essex & Suffolk Water, takes part in the Dispute Resolution Ombudsman's water scheme. Both generally expect Essex & Suffolk Water to have had the chance to put things right first, so keep a record of every call, letter and reference number.
Meter reading or charge you dispute? We help you write the complaint in minutes, drawing on thousands of complaint letters that actually worked.
What do people complain about most at Essex & Suffolk Water?
Nothing has been reported about Essex & Suffolk Water here yet. Our research shows what typically goes wrong at water supply companies: bills that jump or rest on estimated readings, meter installations and readings, charges that continue after moving home, leaks and supply interruptions, low pressure or discoloured water, and payment plans and help with bills.
Charged for a home you had already moved out of? Be the first to report it, and the next Essex & Suffolk Water household with the same bill has a case to point to.
What happens after I submit my complaint?
Your complaint gets its own public page on Complain.biz and we get to work: we bring it to the attention of Essex & Suffolk Water through emails, social media, paper complaint letters and other tools at our disposal.
And we stay with it after you file. Our trained AI opens a case file for you and keeps coaching: what to reply, when to push again, and how to escalate if nothing happens.
Can other consumers help me with my Essex & Suffolk Water complaint?
Yes. We have an active community of consumers, and complaints here are public: people who ran into the same problem with Essex & Suffolk Water can give you advice or back you up with their own story. A complaint with a community behind it is much harder to overlook.
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