Water Meter

garcon6

Had a water meter for two months and actually found it to be quite expensive. There are two of us in a three bedroom semi-detached house we tried our best to reduce the water we used. As a regular gym user I shower in the gym rather than at home wash up once a day and washing machine is used 2/3 times a week. Our bill was about £30 per month which over a year works out lower than a annual bill though by about £50 and you are getting charged for water coming in and also what goes down the plughole and VAT on top of that. A lapse in concentration it will cost you.

Regards,

Garcon 6

Cardew

VAT is not charged on domestic water charges.

Metered or non-metered, you are still charged for water going down the plughole i.e. sewerage!

LeafGreen

How many cubic metres are you using?

Do either of you take regular baths?

matelodave

do you leave the tap running when washing your hands or cleaning yout teeth, it's quite easy to waste quite a lot of water if you don't think about what you are doing. Take shorter showers or even instal a water saving shower head

Try reading the meter weekly and see what you can do to be bit more frugal

There are two of us at home all day (3 bed bungalow, washing 2-3 times a week, dish washer etc) and manage to get through about 80cuM a year and we've got an automatic garden watering system as well which is on for six months of the year. We pay £27 a month with Anglian Water

datlex

I would have thought 2 months was too short a time to tell. There are plenty of ways of being smart with water. Showers not baths, spending less time in the shower, using a washing up bowl, washing a pile of crockery not just a cup, not having the tap of full blast when brushing teeth, only filling the kettle a short way, using a quick wash on your washing machine.

This site has a great comparative video on saving water. The best thing is in my opinion the fact you get extra time too from doing this:
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Heating-and-hot-water/Saving-money-on-hot-water