Water Meter £50 a month, a dam Joke

Ken68

At £500 quid it would pay to invest in a rainwater harvesting system. Would get your money back in a year or two.
Most water used in a house does not need the expensive treatment of bought water.

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cheggers wrote:

I pay 12 month payments of £50 a month, Yorkshire water are !!!!!! turpin.

This does sound high. I am with Yorkshire Water and metered. For two adults we are paying £15.00 a month for a two bed house and even though we grow most of our own fruit and veg we are very conservative with water.


Spider.

kazzy

well we just got our water bill for 6 months and they reckon we used 136 m3!!!! .Bloody joke. They have changed the meter today.If there is no change what can i do??, There is no leak and 3 of us in house . There is no way we can use 270m3 a year. How do you prove it or how do you come to some agreement with the water company?? btw it is wessex water which is really expensive aswell at £1.28 per m3.

Cardew

Firstly was the last or present meter reading estimated?

Secondly why can't you use 270m3 a year? - some 50% above average.

Nobody on this forum seems to think they could possibly use more than the average amount of water(or for that matter gas & electric)

deanos

kazzy wrote:

well we just got our water bill for 6 months and they reckon we used 136 m3!!!! .Bloody joke. They have changed the meter today.If there is no change what can i do??, There is no leak and 3 of us in house . There is no way we can use 270m3 a year. How do you prove it or how do you come to some agreement with the water company?? btw it is wessex water which is really expensive aswell at £1.28 per m3.

That does seem high but ive have see many people use far more on a regular basis , as for proving it well thats what your water meter is for.

Maybe you could look at your consumption, little thing like leaving the taps running when brushig your teeth or cleaning dishes can add up to quit alot over 6 months.

melbury

We pay £34 per month DD (12 payments per annum) and that just about covers the bills.

Being metered certainly makes you think about the water you use, which is undoubtedly a good thing and why IMO everyone should be on one!

rmg1

I know this is a long-shot, but thought it worth an ask.
My parents-in-law live in a 3-bed bungalow with a water meter. There's only the two of them, but sometimes they have a lot of visitors (they have rather a large family). When they first moved in (about 5 years ago), the knew about the water meter and asked if it could be removed. They were told it couldn't as the 12 month contract had expired, but the contract was with the previous residents. I know they should have done something sooner, but they are both OAP's and "didn't want to make a fuss".
Anyone have any suggestions as they are terrified of using too much water and being hammered with a large bill? They pay monthly on a pre-payment card through yorkshire Water (or whoever they are now!).

JonathanA

We moved into a 1930's large semi almost a year ago. It was unmetered and our annual bill would have been over £600 per annum (Severn Trent is our supplier). We requested a water meter to be fitted as we had one at our old house and paid £20 per month. We set the direct debit at £25 per month in the new house and that is pretty much what we're using.

There are 2 adults in our house, we both use a power shower every day and two kids (6 & 3) who have regular baths. We use our dishwasher daily and the washing machine as you would expect is on 5/6 times each week, but on the economy cycle. We never water the garden or clean our cars with a hose pipe, but we're not overly frugal with water. So, I do think the OPs bill is high, at least with a meter you can check for leaks by switching everything off and seeing whether the meter is still reading.

Emmysmum_2

Wow, that is expsensive! We live ina good sized 3 bed semi, and there are two of us, two kids, and 2 cats (they drink water, so i count them as consumers, plus I have to wash the litter tray LOL). We pay £17 a month. last year we moved to this metered house from a 2 bed property that was on rates, and our rates were £21 a month, so we have saved a few quid. I admit I do conserve water..no flushing after a wee unless the loo is getting full of paper (which we try to conserve admittedly) unless guests are there, I made certain I have A rated for consumption of water applainces and use a dishwasher once a day to wash our dishes. I take showers and my children take baths, but as theya re young they share, and I am strict on the amount of wateer they get in teh bath. We use a water butt to water the lawn and plants, and houseplants use the bath tub water (i simply use a jug to get water for them). I have a water hippo thingy in each of the toilet cisterns as well.

if your appliances are A rated for water consumption as wella s energy and are less than 5 years old, and you do all these other things as well, then perhaps you have a leak coming into the property on your side of the meter?

Emmysmum_2

I should add, like the poster just before me, we are on Severn Trent water.