How to cut water bill?

MrsPorridge

Any ideas on how I can get my water bill down?

Its horendously high - am in an area which charges a high rate anyway.

I love having a bath, but guess that has to go;)

What else can I do?

dancingfairy

Have you tried looking on your water companies website? I'd be surprised if they didn't have a handy hints guide to save water.
Not do small half load of dishwasher/washing machine
turn tap off when cleaning teeth rather than letting it run.
Recycling water - ie water butt to water garden rather than tap water
- using dish water to flush toilet?
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dancingfairy

I'm guessing you are on a meter?
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DGJsaver

water , is an absolute RIP OFF (AW customer here..)

Tixy

Hi

How much are you paying and for how many people?

Check you don't have a leak anywhere. Start by checking for dripping taps or dripping toilet cistern which can cost more than you would think. Then you can do a check to see if there is a leak on the pipes somewhere underground (locate your water meter, switch off the water at the stop tap and see if it still goes round at all).

If you have established its not a leak then I would say showers usually use a lot less than baths. Don't leave the tap on whilst brushing teeth and don't do half loads of laundry.

If you wash pots by hand don't leave a tap running to rinse them all. If you use a dishwasher then again, don't switch it on half full.

If you have an old style cistern with a large cistern then use a water hippo (free from your waterboard).

Lube

rather than post from me

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pennypusher

Put a hippo in your cistern to stop it using so much water. Don't put something like a tissue in the toilet and then flush it. Showers rather than baths use less water as long as you don't stay in too long. Use a bowl in the sink rather than letting the tap run. Only use your d/w and washing machine when full not half full. Wash your car with a bucket instead of a hose - in fact don't use a hose at all! If you water plants in the garden can you reuse some water that maybe you washed some veg in or rinsed some clothes out in.
The main thing is to think about what you are using water for and if you can use less at the time. Imagine you have to go to collect all the water you use - would you use it differently?

janninew

Another vote for the hippo here! Also you may not like the idea of this, but if you just go for a quick wee, you don't have to flush each time! As they say in Meet The Fockers "If its brown, flush it down, if its yellow let it mellow." :rotfl:

Also always use a washing up bowl, not just the sink and in warm weather, use the dirty washing up water to water your plants outside (obviously when the waters cooled down!)

Turn the tap off when brushing your teeth, showers instead of baths.

MrsPorridge

Wow - thanks all for those ideas.

Yes, we are on a meter.

Yes I have thought of the Fockers so think we will start doing that as well

We;re paying £56.60 per month for 2 adults and one child - and we're out weekdays at work/school. We're in the South west and that is notorious for expensive water.

RAS

What is your actual usage when you read the meter?

janninew

MrsPorridge wrote: »

Wow - thanks all for those ideas.

Yes, we are on a meter.

Yes I have thought of the Fockers so think we will start doing that as well

We;re paying £56.60 per month for 2 adults and one child - and we're out weekdays at work/school. We're in the South west and that is notorious for expensive water.

Jeez that is high! I've had a meter for the past few years and I've just had my meter read and my monthly payments are 21.00 per month, that's for 2 adults and 1 baby (and 3 dogs!) I live in the North West, I had no idea water prices were so dramatically different around the country. Good luck with your attempts to cut back!