Prince increase differences between metered and unmetered water: Grossly unfair

freesha

wild666 said:

freesha said:

Everyone should have to pay for what they use anyway - it is coming, no one knows quite when, but it WILL happen.

They should only pay for what they use for me a meter sent my yearly bill down from £450 to £108. Water companies are ripping of single people as they might be paying far more than what they would if they had a water meter. The downside is large families that might use more than they would on RV.

Hardly 'ripping off' - EVERYONE has the option to switch to a meter, and if not, go on an assessed charge.

jimjames

freesha said:

Everyone should have to pay for what they use anyway - it is coming, no one knows quite when, but it WILL happen.

It's already happened in a lot of areas. 

wild666 said:

For a single person or a couple it more than likely works out cheaper  with a water meter as the companies estimate 1 person uses 50 cubic meters of water per year, 50,000 litres. that's 100,000 litres per year for two people. 

Even as a family of 4 it was cheaper on a meter for us on a meter

reefer37

severn trent have done this as cardew stated because they can only charge a set amount due to the way ofwat work out funding.

they clearly decided to charge more for unmeasured as they need to claw back charges for all the leaks on unmeasured charges. also it is then an incentive for people to go on a meter.

its the same as electric company charging less for direct debit customer than pay cash on bill. the company want to get people onto meters so incentives them to go on DD.

the water company are trying to get people over the meters.

in my experiance where we compusery metered customer most saved. those that did not save were using too much and then reduced their usage.

everything else you pay for the amount you use so why not water