What does a tonne of water cost? 20 November 2018 at 1:22PM in Water bills 8 replies 2.4K views

coffeehound

Just preparing to contest a billing start figure for the water meter at a property.

If anyone has a bill to hand can you advise roughly what a cubic meter of water costs please.

50Twuncle

A ton of water ie) 1000 litres - costs about £3 from a tap and up to 1000 times that from bottles !!

coffeehound

* metre

Thanks 50Twuncle, its not a trivial amount from the tap then either!

Mister_G

Southern Water charge £1.36 cu metre

https://www.southernwater.co.uk/our-charges

coffeehound

^ thanks. I presume the waste water charge gets added to that automatically which brings it up to the £3 area?

Mister_G

Indeed it does, assuming that you don't have a septic tank

Cardew

It depends who supplies the water and sewerage - sometimes different companies.



E.G. Portsmouth Water charges 73p for a cubic metre + £29pa standing charge. South West water charges £1.84 for a cubic metre + £53pa standing charge.

coffeehound

Interesting — that’s a good deal for people in Portsmouth.

Yorkshire do handle the sewage (ew) here so it looks like they are trying to overcharge by about £13. Worth an email. Cheers

Cardew

coffeehound wrote: »

Interesting — that’s a good deal for people in Portsmouth.

Yorkshire do handle the sewage (ew) here so it looks like they are trying to overcharge by about £13. Worth an email. Cheers

Not understood!



Here are charges for Yorkshire Water


https://www.yorkshirewater.com/our-charges/customers-with-a-meter/