water meter + using a sprinkler !!!!

alanco15

hi all, i have recently moved and had a lovley lawn to be proud of, until recently the hot weather has killed it off as it was a recently laid lawn,

I am so scared of using the sprinkler on it as we now have a water meter which we have never had before,

what do you think it would relistically cost to have it on for say 1-2 hours per day,

so i can help the lawn to establish , thanks all.

Cardew

There are sprinklers and there are SPRINKLERS
It depends on your water pressure and type of sprinkler.

However I would think an average garden hose would use about 1 cubic metre an hour and depending where you live, that could cost between £2 and £4 an hour - with £3 being about average.(bear in mind that you will be charged for sewerage* even though none is going back to the sewer.

You can avoid sewerage charges by making a claim to the water company, but it is complicated and another subject altogether. You have to prove that less than 90% of your water returns to sewer.

P.S.
You can measure the sprinkler flow by timing how long it takes to fill a 10 litre container.

Dizzyduck

I can't help you with the cost of running a sprinkler but why not take a reading, run the sprinkler for 30 mins, take another reading and calculate using that? I'm sure your water co. will have the cost per m3 on their web-site or it will be on your last bill!
HTH

alanco15

thanks guys, i will try the test tomorrow and try to work it out, £3 an hour sounds scary, i may just have to put up with a yellow lawn :mad:

deanos

Im not sure if this is the case anymore but you used to be able to get a rebate when laying a new lawn, i think this was for newbuilds IIRC, ring the water company and ask

Heres some tips not sure how usefull it is

http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/_assets/media/tips-on-watering-lawns.pdf