Water companies work under guaranteed standards with money attached: supply cut too long, chronic low pressure, sewer flooding, missed appointments, each carries a set payment. Many are meant to be automatic. "Meant to be" is doing some work in that sentence, so check.
"No application by the customer for the payment is necessary unless the Welsh undertaker could not practicably have identified the customer as having been affected. (5)However,"…
Typical triggers: an unplanned interruption running past 12 hours (with further sums per additional 24), planned works without proper notice, persistent low pressure, internal sewer flooding (which triggers substantial payments), and missed appointments. Time limits for claiming are short, often three months.
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