500 euro water bills to family, the most expensive regions

Saturday 22 March is the World Water Day, the World Water Dayan opportunity to take stock of the critical consumption of blue gold.

The following data were highlighted by the XX citizenship report on the integrated water service.

42% of the water is lost

Italy does not present itself well at the appointment, if it is true that the water network in Italian cities continues to be a colabrod. And often lacking services, especially in the South, corresponds to an average expenditure of the families of 500 euros per yearcompared to the 481 of 2023 and 406 euros in 2019. And more than one Italian out of 4 Italians do not trust the tap water.

According to Istat data, in 2022 it is left lost The 35.2% of the water entered on the net in the provincial capitals and the 42.4% if the entire Italian territory is considered. Today, about 25 million Italian families are connected to the water network, equal to 95.8% of the total. There are 214 per inhabitants per day.

At home the appliance that consumes the most water is the washing machine: 48 liters for each washing cycle.

Who pays the water more in Italy

As for the actual costs, they are the citizens of the Tuscany those more tartered, with an average annual expenditure of 748 euros for the water bill. Follow Umbria (634 euros) And Brands (613 euros).

Of what the water bill has increased

In 2024 the average expense For the water bill in Italy it has increased +4% on a national basis. Abruzzo (+8.5%), Emilia-Romagna (+8.8%) And Brands (+7.1%) conquer the podium of the increases. But by widening the temporal scissor at the last five years it is noted that the average increase has been +23.2% on a national basis, with Molise (+60.3%), Trentino-Alto Adige (+49.0%) And Liguria (+43.7%) on the podium of the regions shaped as regards the water bill.

Below is the average annual expenditure by region, assuming a consumption of 182 cubic meters of water. The table shows the variation of the prices of the water bill in 2023 and 2024, starting from 2019:

The most expensive cities for the water service

Beyond the national and regional statistics, there are some cities that show the higher price increases. Frosinone continues to be the most expensive Italian city for the water bill with an average of 917 euros per family, followed by Grosseto and Siena, on par with 821 euros.

As can be seen in the list, the Sicilian capital of Enna is also the figure, one of the cities that have suffered most for drought in recent years. Think that at the end of November the mayors of five countries in the province of Enna occupied, together with dozens of other people, a drinking power in protest. The images of Lake Pergusa, at the foot of Enna, completely dried up in August 2024, aroused a sensation.

The less dear cities for water

As is denoted from the table below, which concerns the cities where the water bill is lighter, while the two extremes (Milan and Naples) continue to open and close the ranking, the cities in the intermediate positions have gone by changing from 2023 to 2024:

Campobasso (234 euros), Isernia (234), Catanzaro (276), Caserta (279) and Benevento (305) are the cities of this ranking in which the water bill has not increased from 2023 to 2024.