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| DavidA:
My wife is thinking about changing out water payment system to a water meter. Does anyone here (in UK, particularly Yorkshire) have a water meter, and what is the cost compared with the normal yearly payments. I.e. How much per cubic metre and what standing charges are incurred ? Chers, Dave. |
| Bluechip:
If you are with Yorkshire Water they should be able to tell you from their site: http://www.yorkshirewater.com/your-water-services/water-meters.aspx I presume it's like mine whereby it's calculated on the Rateable Value ?? I got one last year, and it's now saving me about £600 PA. I live alone in a Band 'E' property and with STWA it worked out at about £720PA - ish. Dunno what it is now, more than that ... There are other factors like is your Foul Sewer and Storm Water drained separately ?? Mine is combined so I pay a fortune to have all drainage treated as Foul ... Well worth it for me ... should have done it yonks ago. :doh: Also my meter is read remotely so no-one has to come in .. Dave |
| BaronJ:
Hi Dave, Having a water meter put in has saved us around 80% of the previous years costs. However I have noticed that they adjust the standing charges based on your property RV. MIL lived round the corner and her charges were quite a bit less than mine for the same RV. Having said that I'm much better off than the £850 per year I was paying. This years bill based on last years usage is £153.00. HTH. |
| awemawson:
We have two water feeds. One is metered and one is not. The metered ones feeds our letting holiday cottages, which are deemed to be commercial hence no option but a meter. The last quarters bill for them was £17 which is modest, but then so is the usage as they are not always occupied. The unmetered one feeds the farm house and (thankfully) the various stock troughs we have - actually the consumption is not very great but at the last count we do have 25 out side taps and five stock troughs. The large number of taps is for convenience rather than usage though. Bear in mind in the figure quoted there is no sewerage charge as we have out own private system. |
| Bluechip:
Dave Better guess ... just looked at my STWA a/c and in 3 months I was charged £31, so that extrapolates to some £124 PA. So, assuming Baron does not live alone, and has usage about like mine it seems about right. Bearing in mind the less water used the Standing Charge will become a more significant part of the Bill. Another Dave |
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