Switch Smarter, Save Water, Save The Planet!

“SwitchWaterSupplier.com — the UK’s transparent, sustainability-driven water procurement platform for single or multi-site businesses.”

For Multi-Site Businesses.

We are the go-to platform for companies with multiple locations (retailers, hospitality chains, housing associations).

Problem: Multi-site businesses face fragmented billing and complex supplier management.

Solution: We specialise in multi-site consolidation, offering unified billing and centralised reporting.

Case Study: Care Home Business

100 sites £1Million spend Savings £170,000 further Water savings going forwards, via the application of water usage insights, benchmarking and leak detection alerts via Smart Water Meters and a Water Data Platform.

What The Service Is:

SWS is an online platform that helps non-household businesses in England and Scotland to switch their water and wastewater retail supplier by tendering their entire portfolio of sites across the water-retail market.

We offer a free access portal for businesses to upload site data, view portfolio usage, and initiate a tender to multiple water retailers.

Additional services include: desktop water audits, water bill validation, water billing-data correction, site surveys — especially useful for multi-site organisations.

The platform states the potential savings from switching are typically around 10-18 percent, depending on location, volume and the site portfolio with further savings of 30 per cent  Water savings going forwards, via the application of water usage insights, benchmarking and leak detection alerts via Smart Water Meters and a Water Data Platform.

It emphasises sustainability/efficiency: by auditing water usage and enabling consolidation (fewer suppliers across multiple sites) you may improve operational and environmental efficiency.

🎯 Why it might be a good fit for your business

Given your context (single but possibly multi-site business in the UK), here are some of the specific advantages:

If you have multiple sites scattered across England (or England & Scotland), the consolidation benefit is strong: you can switch several sites together, manage one contract or fewer suppliers, and simplify billing and operations. SWS explicitly highlights this.

If you suspect you’re being overcharged, or that your billing data/metering might not be accurate (which happens in deregulated markets), the audit + bill-validation services could help uncover savings beyond just switching.

If you have sustainability goals, improving water efficiency (not just cost) is increasingly important — SWS supports water audits and efficiency measures beyond just picking a cheaper supplier.

If you’re busy running your business and don’t want to manage dozens of suppliers, the platform’s portal and tendering process can alleviate administrative burden

🧭 How the process works (overview)

Here’s a typical workflow with SWS:

Register an account via our portal, and input your organisation’s details: sites, current water/wastewater contracts, usage, billing history.

Upload your site portfolio: existing suppliers, metre points, volumes, billing data. If multiple sites, this may take some work — we can do this for you.

Tendering: Use the platform to send out a tender to water retailers — you can specify service levels, criteria beyond price (e.g., water efficiency service, metering)

Compare responses: The portal allows you to review bids, evaluate them on cost + service + sustainability, then select your preferred supplier.

Switch & ongoing management: Once supplier is selected, manage contract migration, billing, and ideally keep monitoring usage, audits and efficiency improvements.

Optional audit/validation: Before or after switching, the audit/review of bills may identify errors and savings from correcting them.

⚠️ Things to check / caveats

Switching is only available for non-household water customers (i.e., business/public sector) in England/Scotland. Wales has different rules.

The savings are not guaranteed — they depend heavily on your current contract, volume, profile, region, and how well you can negotiate service levels. The stated “10-18 percent” is a typical but not guaranteed number.

While the platform is free to access, make sure to check what you commit to in terms of service, any consultancy fees (if you choose extra services) or obligations with the new supplier.

Multi-site switching can require significant data collection: meters, volumes, site details, billing history — if your organisation hasn’t kept good records, this step can be resource-intensive.

Supplier choice in the water retail market is still maturing (especially compared to energy) — the platform states this is an emerging market.

🔍 My recommendation for you

Given your business location (England Or Scotland) and assuming you have multiple sites or could benefit from consolidated supplier and water cost savings, I’d suggest:

Get a free consultation with SwitchWaterSupplier.com,  upload an overview of your sites, water usage, current costs — they can model potential savings.

Review your current supplier contract and bills: especially if you suspect there are billing irregularities or high charges; use the bill-validation/audit service.

Compare it with internal effort: switching might mean internal time gathering data, reviewing tender responses, migrating contracts. If the platform reduces that burden significantly, it may be worth it.

Check sustainability/efficiency side: If you are tracking water usage, efficiency, or have ESG targets, the audit/efficiency element could be quite valuable.

Ensure you understand the terms: e.g., contract length, service levels, what happens if something goes wrong, supplier reliability, how billing will be handled across multiple sites.

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