Is sewerage also calculated off the meter?

essexsi_2

Hi all.

Have had a look through some threads for the answer but to no avail.

My sister has a meter fitted for the water consumption with Essex & Suffolk and is billed for sewerage by Anglia Water. I just wanted to know if Anglia speak to Essex & Suffolk to calculate the sewerage charges from the amount of water used?

Thanks for any help.

Cheers Si

deanos

Yes thats correct

DVardysShadow

The calculation is that sewage is 90% of consumption, at least where I am.

Gothicfairy

It can be 90% or lower or in the case of some companies it is a lower amount of money per cubic meter.
Also what normally happens is : You get one bill from the company that supply the clean water and they then pass on the portion to the company that does the unclean water/ sewerage .

essexsi_2

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

I have found out that Anglia (sewerage) get their info from Essex and Suffolk (water) once each year in April apparently. I assume they then calculate the bill and average it out over the coming year.

Cheers Si

pimento

I'm also in Essex and am bemused by the fact that I pay more per month for sewerage than I do for water supply. I'm metered.

Should this be the case? I pay £18 a month for supply and £25 a month for sewerage.

Cardew

pimento wrote: »

I'm also in Essex and am bemused by the fact that I pay more per month for sewerage than I do for water supply. I'm metered.

Should this be the case? I pay £18 a month for supply and £25 a month for sewerage.

Yes can be the case with water companies in UK.

The costs to deliver water and to provide sewerage are calculated separately and the total divided by the number of customers.

So if it costs, say, £200million to provide water, and £300million to provide sererage, then you pay more for sewerage.

pimento

Thanks for that.