£100 a month water bill. 3 bed semi, 2 adults 2 kids

Albermarle

I don't think I've ever done 14 loads of washing a week including towels and bedding.  I've just paid £202 for six months water on a meter.  Three adults.

Every family is different. For example a disabled/elderly member with various 'issues' can cause a lot of washing to be needed.
In any case washing machines do not use huge amounts of water compared to long showers, watering the garden and a lot of toilet flushes.

SadieO

Bigphil1474 said:

For comparison, we pay £75 a month on a rateable value amount, we're looking at getting meters as we thought that was way too much. 

When we moved into our house we were told it was £75 a month, or we could try meter for two years. If we didn't like it we could have it removed after the two years. Our water now costs us £18 a month! Think we'll be keeping it 😄 

(3 bed semi, 2 adults. We both prefer showers over baths but apart from that we don't do anything special to try to keep our usage down).

Albermarle

SadieO said:

Bigphil1474 said:

For comparison, we pay £75 a month on a rateable value amount, we're looking at getting meters as we thought that was way too much. 

When we moved into our house we were told it was £75 a month, or we could try meter for two years. If we didn't like it we could have it removed after the two years. Our water now costs us £18 a month! Think we'll be keeping it 😄 

(3 bed semi, 2 adults. We both prefer showers over baths but apart from that we don't do anything special to try to keep our usage down).

Not all water companies allow you to have the meter removed again.
Ours said we could have a period of two years with the meter, but still receive bills from the old charging method. However after that we had to have metered bills, no choice to go back.
We do live in an area that is short of water, so I think they are allowed to be more forceful about having a meter. It was installed whether we wanted it or not.
On the other hand I thought we would be an above average user, but it turns out we are not, and we are saving about £10 a month.

Section62

Albermarle said:

Not all water companies allow you to have the meter removed again.
Ours said we could have a period of two years with the meter, but still receive bills from the old charging method. However after that we had to have metered bills, no choice to go back.
We do live in an area that is short of water, so I think they are allowed to be more forceful about having a meter. It was installed whether we wanted it or not.
On the other hand I thought we would be an above average user, but it turns out we are not, and we are saving about £10 a month.

In areas designated as having "water stress" the supplier can (and eventually probably must) fit compulsory meters.  I believe some use the two year period to allow people who will have higher bills to adapt their usage and/or budget to be able to avoid or afford the additional amount.

The list of designated areas was updated in 2021 -

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/water-stressed-areas-2021-classification

silvercar

This thread would be better placed on the Water Sub-Board. I'll move it over.

Jackinabox1939

The national average for water usage is 4 cubic meters per month per person in the household. Welsh water charges £3.45 per cubic meter United Utilities charge £3.65 per cm I believe. These charges are combined fresh water and sewerage charges.