Something amazing has happened.

Is anyone including the sewerage charge, not quoting just the water charge?

Our water is free from our spring but we still pay over. £200 p/a for a particle filter and UV lamp . Can't complain about the quality of the water. It is a bit brown after prolonged heavy rain. We also have to reduce our use of detergent and shampoo as the water is very soft. All our pipes are plastic, or so we thought, till a short length of original copper pipe failed and sprayed water all over the cloakroom
This is just to say we might have free water but we still have water bills.

vegansrock

I have a meter and our bill in £100 per month. Thank you Thames Water - the sooner they are privatised the better. We don’t waste water -,shower quickly daily, water our tiny garden but have a pond and small veg patch and greenhouse which does need watering. We save grey water and have water butts. It’s a complete rip off.

crikey! We are with Anglian Water and pay £16 a month. Showers, washing machine on so we are not smelly honestly! No baths though. I think you may have a leak? Mind you, we haven't watered our garden much this year, but even when I had a greenhouse and veg beds full last year, we only paid £31 per month.

We have UU too and ours has gone down by £5 a month.

Yes congrats Annsixty- but ive made right choice for me i think this time, as i was always worrying about using too much or any leaky taps etc or son longer in shower.Now ill realax a bit.?

I have a meter and our bill in £100 per month. Thank you Thames Water - the sooner they are privatised the better. We don’t waste water -,shower quickly daily, water our tiny garden but have a pond and small veg patch and greenhouse which does need watering. We save grey water and have water butts. It’s a complete rip off.

Well i was told that in new house- no meter, but if i fit one im not saving much, even with watersure price cap- difference only £4- so with a son with OCD and so constant showers& extra handwashing and one teenager who spends 20 mins in shower (but only normal college day use) i decided id go with the £4 rise! ?

Yes miss Adventure- if hob gets turned on accidentally you'll lose another one?

Too right. And my husband said yesterday that they’re paying a dividend of 15p per share. Grrr.

That's a nice surprise annsixty.

Like many I am annoyed at the way the water companies appear not to be ploughing their huge profits on fixing leaky pipes and controlling sewage leakages but handing themselves huge bonuses instead.

I am still baffled that when council tax bands are corrected, ie higher than they should be, the overpayment is refunded but guess what? - water rates are based on the original (in many cases incorrect) rateable value and the water companies have no similar system to correct and refund the overpayment.

Couldn't agree more Callistemon21

I get quite angry when I see Anglian Water advertising on tv. Like has been said already, we have no choice who supplies our water, so why the need to advertise? It must be paid for through our bills. Advertising isn't cheap. Arrrgh.

Water companies should be nationalised. They are monopolies and fail to invest adequately in leak prevention and sewage treatment.

But do you use them all shysal?
I have a hoover on each floor of my 3 story house. It doesn't encourage more hoovering but if it did then it would be easier.
I am pleased about the small bill annsixty
though mine is frightening despite having no boiler for 3 months and before that no cooker for a year.

It's the little things........?

I have 7 watering cans! . Some in the front near the outside tap, others positioned near the 3 butts around the back garden. Small for high baskets and larger for pots.

MissAdventure nice watering can. I am off to buy a second one tomorrow so I can fill with household water, then water my plants.
Maybe even buy two more, if the price is right.

Of course now your missing can will turn up! Sod’s Law? X

I was thinking about this today.

Water is privatised. If the customer buys something from a private company there is usually a choice where to buy the product or commodity.

However, there is no choice at all with water companies - if you live in their area they are your supplier, no choice.

Why aren't we protesting?

Miss A - ?

That's about the only place that is tidy ish at the moment.

Now now, why is it on your hob? Remove it asap ??

That's great annsixty such a surprise these days!

Oops. Thought I'd lost this one too!

Ta da!
Meet the new addition.
Came today, through the post, but cost more than I'd have liked.

And you’ll be saving even more MissA until your wandering watering can returns! ?
Any sign, or have you replaced it?