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| Pete W.:
Hi there, all, We have two accounts - one for metered supply of treated (i.e. drinking) water and the other for disposal of waste water. The company disposing of the waste water build their bill on three separate categories: the waste water that leaves the kitchen and bathroom, street drainage and rain water from the house roof gutters. As the water in that third category actually goes into a soakaway in the back garden, I appealed the charge for that a few years ago and they rescinded it from that date on, i.e. the exemption is not back dateable!! Don't you just love being a captive customer?!?! The charge for the first category is based on the assumption that 9x% of the treated water supplied goes down the sewer. I have to say that the timing of the bills is far from tidy - the waste water lot reckon the treated water lot are laggardly in passing them the meter readings. |
| BaronJ:
I'm of the opinion that the charges made for water supply are an absolute rip off for those that don't have a water meter. The basic premise is to force all users to have a meter. You cannot buy a new house without it having a water meter fitted. One property that I know of doesn't have a water meter and the water board, Yorkshire Water, will not fit one ! They currently pay £175 pa. The excuse for not fitting a water meter is because the property is fed with lead pipe and the plumbing internally is also lead pipe. Apparently they don't have anyone that is experienced with lead plumbing. |
| garym:
I've thought about having a meter fitted for quite a long while, but keep putting it off because we have lead pipe to the stop tap which is behind the kitchen cupboards and which I don't really want disturbing. They will fit in the pavement outside if I insist but will charge me £160 if they think it can be fitted inside. We can probably save that in a year though. Can I ask anyone who has one fitted, how they are read remotely, are they connected to power and phone lines? Gary |
| ieezitin:
I appreciate the conversation but having lead pipes being the conduit supplying your water supply is insane, people in the 18 hundreds died of lead poising and they started to phase it out then. Anthony. |
| vtsteam:
Interestingly PVC pipe is now illegal in potable water systems in this state, since it was found to increase lead levels even more than metal pipe systems. I remember helping a friend plumb his new house back in the early 70's with that modern miracle plastic pipe. Gosh you could just glue it together....what a boon! Apparently the chloramine and a reaction with ammonia released in the PVC lines rapidly corrodes brass and copper faucets and other fittings releasing lead, zinc, and copper compounds at a higher rate than they appear in all metal piping. Not saying lead pipe is good, but sometimes modern plastic solutions are, ahem.... a tad short sighted. It takes about thirty years for miracles turn into hazards. We're lucky -- our water comes from a spring. Right out of a hole in the rock. |
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