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0.5 m3 per day for water

suestew
suestew Posts: 372 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
edited 13 June 2013 at 4:10PM in Water bills
Hi all, first time on a meter and online it states we are using 0.5 m3 per day, is this normal for a 2 person household? We are in most days as well so it probably gets used quite a lot.

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  • marmitepotato
    marmitepotato Posts: 986 Forumite
    Got no idea, don't even know what m3 is! I looked online to see just how much one litre of water is from a water company and couldnt find the answer I wanted, just gobbledygook that I couldn't understand.
  • suestew
    suestew Posts: 372 Forumite
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    marmitepotato wrote: »
    Got no idea, don't even know what m3 is! I looked online to see just how much one litre of water is from a water company and couldnt find the answer I wanted, just gobbledygook that I couldn't understand.

    I tried and got the same, I thought the MSE experts might be able to throw some light on it. ;)
  • gardner1
    gardner1 Posts: 3,154 Forumite
    suestew wrote: »
    Hi all, first time on a meter and online it states we are using 0.5 m3 per day, is this normal for a 2 person household? We are in most days as well so it probably gets used quite a lot.

    thats about 500 litres
  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite
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    The UK average is 50 to 60 cubic metres per person per year.

    You are using water at over 180 m3 pa. So about 50% above average.
  • suestew
    suestew Posts: 372 Forumite
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    Cardew wrote: »
    The UK average is 50 to 60 cubic metres per person per year.

    You are using water at over 180 m3 pa. So about 50% above average.

    It seems a water meter is not for us then, glad we are renting and will be moving to a property that doesn't have one soon.

    thanks all
  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
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    suestew wrote: »
    It seems a water meter is not for us then, glad we are renting and will be moving to a property that doesn't have one soon.

    thanks all

    depending on the water co, they may fit a meter on change of occupier
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