Understanding the water meter ?

skiTTish

Hi ,can someone help please ?

If I read my own meter ,how do i know how much water I have used please ?

Ie ,if the meter reading was 02942040 and is now 03059040 the difference betwix the 2 is 117000 but what does that mean ? sorry to be so dim

bryanb

I notice the last 3 digits are the same. Hard to believe you've used 117000 cu m
117 is possible though. I'm only guessing.

skiTTish

the last 3 digit were the same at one point ( the washer was on ) tohught it would be easier to work out so left it at that even though the last number kept moving

skiTTish

Phheewwe ,HUGE sigh of relief ,I just rang Yorky water and found out its only the second 3 numbers that matter ,so we have only used 11 cubic meters of water in the last 5 weeks and not 117 !:o

Gothicfairy

How many numbers are in red ? That will make a lot of difference

skiTTish

Hi ,the last 4 numbers are red

Gothicfairy

0294 to 0305 is 11 cubic meters used.
The red numbers are not used normally as a rate of charge unless there has been a meter exchange or fault and not enough water has passed through the meter to register a full cubic meter.
Depending on where you live the charges per cubic meter can be anything from £2.14 to £5.00 for clean and used water. (there is standing charges on top of that..anything from £30 per year)
1 cubic meter is 1000 litres so if you work it on the bottled stuff a supermarket charges it aint all that scary.

thornbridge

I allway get a quarterly bill from Yorkshire water and it says 19 cubic metres used surly i can't use exactly the same for the last 2 years. Do they read them.

dzug1

thornbridge wrote: »

I allway get a quarterly bill from Yorkshire water and it says 19 cubic metres used surly i can't use exactly the same for the last 2 years. Do they read them.

Not that often

skiTTish

I am sure YW said if I want it reading more often that yearly (or was it twice yearly ?!) then i had to pay to have it read?? :eek:

dannymccann

Read it yourself and phone them with a reading. You wont need it read more than twice a year though, if you are that worried put £20 a month aside for water (in cash or a savings account) and then use that to pay the biannual bill off, topping it up with a small amount when the bill comes in if need be Prevention (paying a chunk a month) of a huge bill is much better than the cure (paying it all off in one go, usually at a silly time like Xmas )