Standing charge

steve.xxxxxx

Hi I live in 2 bed house on my own 40% of the year due to spending time away as I have disability. My bills are made up of about 80% standing charge ie drainage, toilet shower and 20% actual water used. Can any one advise lower charges. With severn trent at the moment.

Gothicfairy

Sorry, Severn Trent do not offer a lower standing charge or tariffs.
If the property is empty though you can ask for the supply to be disconnected and it can then be put into "void" and no charges will apply.

I am not sure what you mean though by standing charges ie drainage, toilet and shower ?

Standing charges are for the meter, drainage is Surface water drainage and charged on the size of the property IE terraced/flat, semi detached , detached.
Used water is from the toilet and charged at 100% usage ( ie 1m3 in 1m3 out) but is billed to a lesser figure (about 83p whereas clean water is about £1.14 per m3)

steve.xxxxxx

Its not possible to disconnect as I may be there 2 weeks away for 3 and back again.....
I'm not with it.... but can they meter what water is coming out from the house too ie toilet etc...
Thanks

Gothicfairy

They only meter the clean water going in and then use that to bill the used/ dirty water

So if you use 1 cubic meter going in then they will bill 1 cubic meter at the clean rate £1.14 or something like that and 1 cubic meter billed at the used rate of 81p.

In other words for each cubic meter used you pay 2 different sets of charges
Clean and used
you also pay standing charges for the meter and Surface water drainage.