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Water Bills sticky
🌊 Here are some threads you might find useful: * Water Bills questions and comments * Water meters - pros and cons 🚰 Here's some relevant content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Cut your water bills * Water bills - news stories 💦 And here are some other handy sites: * Ofwat - water sector regulator in England and Wales * CCW…
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Water bill increase 877%
Hello I am new here and after a bit of advice. I have just received my water bill and my usage is recorded as having increased by 877%! I have contacted my water supplier and they have asked me lots of questions which felt a bit irrelevant tbh given the level of sudden usage increase (have we had any visitors to stay/had a…
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Welsh Water Assessed Charge
I have recently applied for a water meter having put in a new stop tap as Welsh Water said I couldn't have one at the previous stop tap location due to access. The potable water comes in under my terrace and goes left and right to the other terraces on the row. The assessor came out and said I still couldn't have a meter…
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Thames Water delaying installing water meters for small flats
I live in a family house and Thames Water wanted to switch us to a meter over 2 years ago. The process was quick and communications straightforward. Two miles away, my daughter lives in a 1 bed flat, and has never been approached about fitting a meter. Last August she applied to have one fitted. The surveyors came out a…
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A weird thing happened today!
So, last April we decided our water rates were too high (£1,200 for a 3 bed semi) and asked Wessex to fit a meter which was duly installed in May. Fast forward to December, we had our first reading which was a staggering 620 cubic metres which works out at 2.44 cubic metres per day (the average is 150 litres per person per…
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Worried Sick - we have a water leak may cost £000's
I had a letter from Severn Trent Water to say the DD was going up from £30 to £82 a month. Two adults with water meter. I called them and they said this letter was generated because we have a leak. The engineer is coming on Monday 26th January to investigate. I have just taken a photo reading of the water meter on the…
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Severn Trent
Hi, three of us live in a 3 bed-semi. One bathroom, small downstairs cloakroom barely used, no bath just a power shower. On average I'd say we use the washing machine and dishwasher once each per day. Minimal hose pipe usage (The Peak District rarely experiences drought!) and no other appliances requiring water. My direct…
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Water mains leak - junction installed by neighbour
Our water supply is for four houses. Severn Trent have written to us and said there is a leak which we need to address. A leak can be heard in my back garden but it isn't clear exactly whereabouts. It could be my lead pipes or it could be the new junction installed by my neighbours builders when they built an extension.…
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External Water leak
Just had a smart meter fitted and they tell me we have a leak. Done a couple of checks and it's definitely outside between the stopcock in the road and the house. About 120 litres per day. We just went away for the weekend and turned everything off, and it was still wasting that much. Any tips on finding it? Water Company…
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Water usage seems way to high
Hi So we recently bought a property in September, 3 bed semi, 3 adults and the property has a water meter. The water is with united utilities and upon giving them our details, we were told to pay £71 a month. We took a reading on the day we moved in and then about 6 weeks ago they wrote to us saying we are basically using…
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My building cannot have a meter installed - can I receive refund on water bills?
I have lived at my property (a flat in a large building) for 6 years. My water bill has always been issued based on estimated usage - not assessed household usage. I was not aware this was a possibility at all! I applied for a water meter in 2020, but nothing ever came of it. I have recently learned that water meters…
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Why is my water bill so low?
This discussion was created from comments split from: Reduce water bills..
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Are utility-companies legally required to send you a bill?
I moved residence and asked United Utilities to send me a final bill so I could pay it; I wanted to be sure the final bill was correct, having sent them the final meter-reading. They refused send me one, repeatedly, and so they didn’t get paid; this damaged my credit-rating. Are they legally required to send you a bill or…
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Waste water charging.
I have had a water meter for just over a year and was meant to be for trial/comparison before permanent move to metered usage. Affinity put me straight to a metered usage after 8 months starting early this year saying It was cheaper than fixed tariff. Yesterday I got my 2nd bill from them and I noticed the waste water…
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Massive increase in water assessed charge?
Just received our 2025-26 water bill, which is an assessed charge (water supply ONLY) based on 2 people in the house, from South West Water. It's gone up from £185 to £311. There's a note at the top of the letter that says that the government £50 subsidy has ended. Even taking this into account, that's a 32% increase. This…
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STWA - Water Usage Doubled Since New Meter Fitted
We have been paying £30 DD a month prior to the recent increases. We received a letter to advise our DD was increasing to £82 a month. I contacted STWA and they advised we have a leak. Not sure how they knew this but anyway they sent out a very helpful engineer. We did various tests and he advised we don't have a leak,…
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Water Bill Doubled - Water Company Shenanigans???
I have always been really tight on water usage and as a result I think my usage was pretty low. However, over the course of three 6 month periods my water bill has doubled. I live on a modern estate, the meters are in a set of three holes on the pavement, they have a really heavy metal slab on each one, I could hardly…
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water meter error?
Having a nightmare with united utilities! Theyve sent a few text messages about a possible leak, si we checked and fixed a few things , nothing major, just a tap etc. They still reckon the usage is high so sent someone to check for external leaks..none on their side so we've checked ours by taking a meter reading and…
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Water Bill - United Utilities
Hi My water bill has increased to £1150 p.a. which seems very high when comparing with the national average. My house (4 bed / north west) does not have a water metre and has 2 soakaways so I have applied for a reduction re rainfall / sewage costs. Not very familar with water bills but does that appear high? I have asked…
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Hot water Trickling out of Taps
Just wondering if anyone can help? Economy seven setup for water heating with an unvented water cylinder with expansion vessel sitting on top. Installation took place circa 1997 when apartments were constructed. Mains water pressure is fine with a flow rate of circa 35L per minute. Over past few months the hot water flow…
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Water bills
Hello All I have been living in the 3 bedrooms house for almost 18 years. From the beginning I have been paying for water bills based on RV(rateable value) calculation done by Thames water. A few weeks ago I have been told that I could request a water meter from them. I have done a request and they sent a person to the…
