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Water usage almost doubled in number of households in my village
morg007
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A few weeks ago on my local village FB page people were commenting on the fact South Staff Water have said their usage has almost doubled so have to pay more. Now I have joined this having had the latest bill after a meter reading. The only leak I personally had was a toilet issue but I turned the water off it until it was repaired but that wasn't enough to double usage!
But because its across a number of households locally we are all wondering why? At the moment (I haven't yet contacted them) S.Staffs have basically said tough, people are using double even if they admit that is a large increase.
So, has anybody else had this from S.Staffs or other water boards where a number of households have had increased bills? Interested to see if this is isolated to us or not.
Trying not to be a conspiracy theorist but as its impossible to prove your usage really hasn't increased substantially if the meter says it has and after the usual test a leak hasn't been detected after the meter into the house, then could they fudge it (as they are very clear its usage thats doubled and not their pricing)? We all know they are struggling to pay for the infrastructure changes that they need to do.... (no issue paying out profits though).
But because its across a number of households locally we are all wondering why? At the moment (I haven't yet contacted them) S.Staffs have basically said tough, people are using double even if they admit that is a large increase.
So, has anybody else had this from S.Staffs or other water boards where a number of households have had increased bills? Interested to see if this is isolated to us or not.
Trying not to be a conspiracy theorist but as its impossible to prove your usage really hasn't increased substantially if the meter says it has and after the usual test a leak hasn't been detected after the meter into the house, then could they fudge it (as they are very clear its usage thats doubled and not their pricing)? We all know they are struggling to pay for the infrastructure changes that they need to do.... (no issue paying out profits though).
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