Smart Water Meter: Anyone else shocked by their consumption? 27 May 2021 at 11:30AM in Water bills 2 replies 293 views

scrimpandsave

Hello All,
Sorry if it’s been posted before, but my smart water meter has just properly come online and I’m fairly shocked by my consumption. Sometimes it’s 3000l a week, other times it can be 2600l depending I suppose on what we are doing. This seems massive? But maybe I’m looking at it the wrong way? Live in a 3 bed with 3 occupants, OH loves a bath…and the wee one has shallow baths but largely we shower…got dishwasher and washing machine. Starting to think washer may not be all that eco after all. Toilet is single flush with a water saving bag in…Anyone else find their usage a bit of an eye opener once it was separated off in to days?

theoretica

You seem spot on average according to this - which also has a breakdown of where the water usually goes:

https://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/reports/AtHomewithWater(7).pdf

wild666

I was surprised by how little water I used in my first year YW estimated 50cubic meters but I only used 18 between May 2019 and May 2020, then between May 2020 and May 2021 I used even less.