The region's new water entity backed down on an initial set of prices in the face of public concern.

The capital's reduced increase comes after months of cost-cutting efforts by the council.

The region's new water entity backed down on an initial set of prices in the face of public concern.

Bills are forecast to reach an average of $6206 a year by 2036.

Wellington’s metropolitan councils have approved the paperwork to hand over the region’s water infrastructure and more than $1 billion of associated debt to their new water…