Martin Lewis’ Money Saving Expert urges everyone to check water bills now – and you could be owed £100s

MARTIN Lewis' MoneySavingExpert has urged households to check their water bills NOW as you could get a refund back worth hundreds.

Customers have been hit by water bill hikes after prices rose in March by up to £36 a year more.

The exact amount bills have gone up by depends on where you live, how much you're charged and the rate it's increasing by.

It's another blow to household budgets amid a cost of living crisis, with energy, food and fuel bills all rocketing too.

But you a simple bill check could wipe hundreds off your water costs, Martin Lewis' MoneySavingExpert explained in its

That's because you could be being incorrectly charged for water drainage costs.

Water companies are pulling in around £1billion a year charging thousands of households for surface water drainage services.

Customers are charged for when rainwater drains from their roof down to a public sewer.

But across many new build properties - and some older homes - water is instead drained into a private space instead of a public sewer.

In this case, you don't need to be charged the service - but some still are.

To find out if you are unnecessarily paying this service, check your property deeds which should tell you if your home is connected to a public sewer system.

If you're renting, ask your landlord to check the deeds.

If you're not connected to the mains and you're still being charged, contact your water company to ask about how to get a refund.

It comes as one Martin Lewis fan wrote in to say that they had saved £300 from doing this simple check.