A ten-week consultation for Welsh Water customers to have a unique say over spending comes to end on Monday, September 19th.

The national water company is offering its three million customers a final opportunity to have their say on how tens of millions of pounds of potential profit should be spent.

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, the only not-for-profit water and sewerage company in Wales and England, launched the Have Your Say consultation in July to get customers involved in how it invests in future services. More than 11,000 customers have already had their say.

The 10-week consultation, which comes to an end on Monday 19 September, offers customers a chance, through the Welsh Water website, to help the company’s Board prioritise how any financial gains – projected to be around £30 million a year – made next year should be split by choosing from a range of options which include:

Money off their water and sewerage bills

Extra help for people who struggle to pay their bills

Investing more in our pipes, pumps and water treatment works to continue providing high-quality services

Investing now to help save money in the future through renewable energy and innovation

Supporting educational, recreational and environmental projects in our communities

Speeding up improvements for people who experience repeat problems with their services

As the company is not-for-profit, it doesn’t have shareholders and any returns it makes are reinvested back in the business in a unique setup for the water sector.

Chief Executive Chris Jones said: “This is an unparalleled move to give a real say over how we spend any returns we achieve - and reflects how our not-for-profit status is rooted in working with customers and for customers.

“As we do not have any shareholders, we reinvest money in our network, support our customers and embed innovation to keep our service modern, efficient and at an affordable price. As a company, we are at our best when we are working together with customers to improve all aspects of our work – and that involves genuinely listening to what they think we should be doing to improve our service.

“I hope as many of our customers take part in this unique opportunity to shape how we operate as possible - it will be crucial in helping us make good decisions for the benefit of our customers now - and for future generations.”

In June, the company announced it was investing an extra £32 million into its services this year, and to help lower-income homes after it recorded its best year in overall performance since becoming not-for-profit in 2001.