Water meters

£12.98 pcm for us on a water meter. We do watch what we use but have showers, d/w, outside tap and hose and w. Machine so use quite a few gadgets.

.Sticking my head above the parapet here a tad so here goes. Why shouldn't a young family be metered and pay for what they use? The youngsters in our extended family waste so much water with ne'er a thought for the environment and it just annoys this grannie. Just sayin' .

Then the youngsters in your family are a different breed to those in mine, who have a lot more care for the environment than I remember having.

Our metered water payments went down this year, presumably because we used our hose less. This wouldn't happen without a meter.

Well that's good to hear Maggiemaybe. If only they would spread the word to our lot!

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My experience is different to most. There are just us two retired in the house. Thames Water fitted a meter outside and send us a comparision of what we would spend on the meter compared to the monthly we spend now.
It turns out no difference at all. In fact last comparision was a £1 more if we are on a meter.
DH does love to water the garden and we have a automatic watering system for the pots, but we go away in the caravan about 8 weeks a year, we have one shower each per day, I put the dishwasher on once a day and the washing machine once nearly every day.
Our average usage according to TW is 441 litres a month what a 4 person household would expect to use.?

Someone we know has just found out that he has a leak in his backyard. Goodness knows how much water wasted. But he doesn't have a meter so it won't cost him.
OTO - bill for 3000+euro!

last line should be
Friends in France had a similar leak, but they have a meter.
Bill for 3000+euro.

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I was considering changing to a water meter and went on the UU website to investigate. They had a section where you entered all the information about how many of you were in the property; how many showers or baths did you have a week; did you have a dish washer etc. At the end of the questions, it told you whether you would be better off staying as you were or switching to a water meter. I stayed as I was. Worth checking your own water utility websites for similar.

Reported both the dodgy-looking posts on this thread. Don't know why the one which gillybob reported this morning hasn't been removed yet! I couldn't add a comment to the report as it wouldn't appear when I tried to type it (IYSWIM).

It is worth knowing that if you have three children under sixteen or a disabled person with certain problems if you have a water meter water companies guarantee that your bill will not be above a certain sum. Definitely worth checking out.

I live in a one bedroom flat, downsized when I moved areas. I shower every day, have a dishwasher, washing machine goes on 3-4 times a week and my bill is £7 a month. The meter was already installed as it was a brand new flat. Much cheaper than the 3 bedroom house I previously lived in