Swimming Pool - Discount?

adchesney

Dear Folks

I am on a water meter - I know that water rates include for supply and waste.

I have a swimming poll (heated, in-ground about 20,000 gallons). Can I get a reduction as my use is higher than my waste, due to evaporation and spills!!

Any advice.

I live in Yateley, Hampshire.

ANDREW
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MyUserNamesTaken

Andrew, I seriously doubt you would get a discount, as it would be almost impossible for your water company to keep track of the exact amount of water you'd lose due to evaporation. Basically, they will bill you for taking away the amount of water that has been supplied to your house through a water meter and a little extra on top for rain water taken away from your property through your gutters.

Give your water company a call and ask them, though. You never know.

adchesney

Cheers,

I WILL call them - you never know.

ANDREW

MyUserNamesTaken

Most welcome. Please keep us updated as to what they say, as there could be others here who are in a similar situation.

Nitewalker

Andrew,

I suppose it all depends on which water company your supplied by but i know that if its Thameswater then you definately won't get any refund or discount.

Regards

MyUserNamesTaken

Anglian Water wouldn't do it, either.

Cardew

I had a house with an outdoor swimming pool and I was forever pumping water out into the drain, by backwashing the filters and the level rising due to rainwater.

I also emptied it completely every couple of years.

If you have a case, so does someone with an artificial pond and water feature - where do you draw the line?

Not to say you shouldn't try though!!

Gallowgate_2

Maybe best to hide you e-mail address unless you want spam. Ask people to PM you instead

secretdancer

Just to play devils advocate - why should someone who has a 'luxury' such as a swimming pool get a rebate or discount? Have to agree with Cardew - where do you draw the line? (For example - if I stopped taking showers everyday, or flushing the loo - maybe I would be entitled to a rebate because I'm saving more water?!)

Best of luck though - keep us informed.

Cardew

secretdancer wrote:

Just to play devils advocate - why should someone who has a 'luxury' such as a swimming pool get a rebate or discount? Have to agree with Cardew - where do you draw the line? (For example - if I stopped taking showers everyday, or flushing the loo - maybe I would be entitled to a rebate because I'm saving more water?!)

Best of luck though - keep us informed.

To be fair to Andrew he is not disputing that he should pay for all the water he uses.

His point is that the water board assume that a certain fixed percentage of supplied water returns to the sewer and you pay for that amount of water(by the Cubic Meter) in sewerage charges. Your examples merely reduce the quantity of water supplied.

He contends that less of his supplied water returns to the sewer than the percentage the water company uses as the 'norm'.

There is provision for reduced charges in such cases if you can prove your case. For instance a Market Gardener who uses large amounts of water for his crops would doubtless have a case.

But a swimming pool? - I would think that they would be unlikely to concede that case.

secretdancer

Then maybe someone should invent a waste meter

Measure what comes in and what goes out - fair to everyone then.