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Water meters - pros and cons?
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Presumably you live in the West Country if your water/sewerage costs £5.50 for a cubic metre?
Most districts are about half that price. You can get the exact price from the web.
That's because your garden tap is spurred off before it enters the house presumably. If the meter is out in the street or on the front path then no, you will not be getting free garden water unless that supply comes from somewhere entirely different.
As it is a small amount it might not be worth doing anything about however you can write to your water company and ask that they start the reading from 1 onwards. They might do that for you ( there is no rule to say they have to but it has happened before) Which company are you with as that would make a difference.
Make sure you write though or email rather then call as it is a back office process and no one on the phones will be able to do it or work out where to route the query correctly I should think.
You need to mark the letter or email for the meter options team/ fitting meters for free / Whatever the company call their free metering department.
So they break the hearts of kith and kin, and roam the world at will.
Robert Service
There's only me and my son living in the house and I am very stingy with the water so I'm not sure how this happened (showers only - not a power shower, 4 washing machine loads a week, sava flush fitted, water butt in garden, wash up twice a day by hand - one bowl each time). OR was I just really lucky because my previous home had such a low RV?
Save 12k in 2019 #8 £2432.65/£2,500
MFiT T5 #22 Save £20k over 3 years £5495.08
Walk 1500 miles in 2019 - 645.92/1500
So they break the hearts of kith and kin, and roam the world at will.
Robert Service
I also spotted at the weekend that Veolia Three Valleys water are giving away FREE devices to help their customers save water which you can claim here: central.veoliawater.co.uk/my-water-water-efficiency.aspx