Northumbrian Water

Winner of the Queen’s
Award for Enterprise

in the category of
sustainable development

We are proud to provide a sustainable, affordable, clean and safe water supply and to manage and treat the waste water returned to us in a way that protects the environment.

 

Contact

Ask us By post
By telephone By online forms

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By telephone

We are open to take billing calls 8am-8pm Monday to Friday and 8am-1pm Saturday
• Our busiest day is always a Monday
• Our busiest times of the day (Monday to Friday) are usually between 8am-10am, 11am-12noon and 5pm-6pm.
Calling outside these times will help you to get through to one of our advisors as quickly as possible.

For emergencies about water and sewerage services - this is a 24 hour service. 0845 717 1100
For billing enquiries - lines are open from 8am until 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am until 1pm on Saturday. 0845 733 5566
For general enquiries about water and sewerage services - lines are open from 8am until 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am until 1pm on Saturday. 0845 717 1100 
To report a water leak - this is a 24 hour service. 0800 393 084
To report a flood from the sewerage system - this is a 24 hour service. 0800 328 7648
Head office main switchboard - lines are open Monday to Friday 8am until 5:30pm. 0845 604 7468

Language interpretation - if English is not your first language, please call our telephone interpretation service on the billing or general enquiries numbers listed above and ask for an interpreter.

Text Relay - your call will be answered by a text relay operator who will relay the call to us.

For billing enquiries the number is
18001 0845 733 5566

For non-billing enquiries the number is
18001 0845 717 1100

Property Solutions - Property Solutions offer a full range of conveyancy searches nationwide. Lines open from 9am until 5pm Monday to Friday. 0870 241 7408

By post

You can write to us at the following addresses:

For billing enquiries please write to:

Northumbrian Water
Customer Centre
PO Box 300
Durham
DH1 9WQ

If you are unhappy about any aspect of our service, please write to:

Northumbrian Water
PO Box 200
Durham
DH1 9WG

If you are not happy with our response, you can contact the Consumer Council for Water Northumbria, the regional independent consumer organisation, which will act on your behalf. The address is:

Consumer Council for Water Northern Region - Darlington office
First Floor,
Old Hall,
Mowden Hall,
Staindrop Road,
Darlington,
DL3 9BG

Telephone: 08457 089367 / 08457 089368 or 01325 469777 / 01325 464222

For all other enquiries write to:

Northumbrian Water
Abbey Road
Pity Me
Durham
DH1 5FJ

Online

If you want to contact us with a query, you can email us by completing one of the online contact forms. 

If your enquiry requires an urgent response please call on one of the telephone numbers listed above.

My account

Report to us

 

Change your payment plan online

Apply for a meter

Leave us your meter reading online

Change address online

Special assistance registration

Billing payment query

Water Direct application 

Send us your document

Codes of practice

 Person dressed in raincoat and wellies in rain

Urgent response to report a water leak / burst or flood -
tel: 0800 393 084 (24 hr service).

Report a leak / burst or flood

Urgent response to report water quality / supply / pressure - 
tel: 0845 717 1100 (24 hr service).

Report water quality / supply / pressure

Leisure

Environment

Boy fishing at Kielder 

Kielder Water & Forest Park - contact form

'Go fishing' - contact form 

Trees reflecting in water 

Biodiversity query 

Other environmental queries

Conservation / Water saving products

Reference

 

Research / student query

Publications / report requests

Historical facts / general data request

Education resources request