Is there help for water costs for people on benefits please?

matelodave

correct on both counts. We use about 75cu m a year for two of us costing about £25 a month with Anglian Water (water & sewerage).

As said above the cost of water, sewerage and the standing charges are amazingly varied throughout the industry. It looks as though you have a fairly low consumption but live in high cost area - have a look on your water co's website to see if they do a low user tariff which might benefit you.

bundance

matelodave wrote: »

correct on both counts. We use about 75cu m a year for two of us costing about £25 a month with Anglian Water (water & sewerage).

As said above the cost of water, sewerage and the standing charges are amazingly varied throughout the industry. It looks as though you have a fairly low consumption but live in high cost area - have a look on your water co's website to see if they do a low user tariff which might benefit you.

Hi Dave,

Thank you.
I will do that, cheers.

Gloomendoom

matelodave wrote: »

correct on both counts. We use about 75cu m a year for two of us costing about £25 a month with Anglian Water (water & sewerage).

We are supplied by Anglian and pay a £18 month for the two of us. It has been up to £25 and a low as £5.

freshstart11

I work for a water company and in our area they say 1occ would use on avg 1cubic meter of water a week for avg use. I think your bill if including waste water is about right x

PollySouthend

Gloomendoom wrote: »

We are supplied by Anglian and pay a £18 month for the two of us. It has been up to £25 and a low as £5.

Wow, I'm green with envy. The lowest my average bill ever gets is 20, and that's for one person that's out alot and only showers at home on the weekend.

bundance

PollySouthend wrote: »

Wow, I'm green with envy. The lowest my average bill ever gets is 20, and that's for one person that's out alot and only showers at home on the weekend.

are you on a meter?

PollySouthend

bundance wrote: »

are you on a meter?

yes, just the charge for surface water is 91.85 a year.

Cardew

Comparing consumption is the only meaningful measure between properties.

Water & sewerage prices + standing charges vary tremendously across the UK.

In the South West they pay £5.52 per cubic metre for water and sewerage, plus £74 in standing charges. So a family of 4 with average consumption will pay approx £1,288 a year.

If unmetered your standing charges are £290.30pa, plus £4.46 per £1 of Rateable value(RV) so a house with an average RV of £250 will pay £1,405!!!