Water Bill
Andrew Willoughby
I just got the yearly bill from Yorkshire water, would we save
any money if we had a water meter?
What are you paying with a meter, please?
Our total bill is 330ukp for a year, or monthly payments of 41
quid.
That includes standing charges for water and sewerage.
Only two of us at home now, though son is home 20 weeks of the
year. Daughter only comes home occasionally (hi Pam).
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Andrew
Relax, enjoy life!
Steve Loft
>
> I just got the yearly bill from Yorkshire water, would we save
> any money if we had a water meter?
>
> What are you paying with a meter, please?
Andrew, we pay about 260ukp per year. That's made up of standing charges
of 23ukp for water and 19ukp for sewerage, and about 125 cubic metres of
water @ 75.20p for supply and 96.60p for sewerage (i.e. the total cost per
cubic metre is 171.8p). That's for two of us plus a nine-year-old whose
religion apparently precludes him from washing or flushing the toilet, so
that helps a bit, cost-wise.
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civamd
> I just got the yearly bill from Yorkshire water, would we save
> any money if we had a water meter?
>
> What are you paying with a meter, please?
>
> Our total bill is 330ukp for a year, or monthly payments of 41
> quid.
>
> That includes standing charges for water and sewerage.
>
> Only two of us at home now, though son is home 20 weeks of the
> year. Daughter only comes home occasionally (hi Pam).
> --
> Andrew
>
> Relax, enjoy life!
It probably wouldn't overall, just invest in a well instead.
Glynn Bradley
>
>I just got the yearly bill from Yorkshire water, would we save
>any money if we had a water meter?
>
>What are you paying with a meter, please?
>
>Our total bill is 330ukp for a year, or monthly payments of 41
>quid.
>
>That includes standing charges for water and sewerage.
>
>Only two of us at home now, though son is home 20 weeks of the
>year. Daughter only comes home occasionally (hi Pam).
In short yes.
Which all so goes for gas and electric oh and in passing are you using
BT.
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Glynn Bradley
steve bolam
<And...@willouby.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>I just got the yearly bill from Yorkshire water, would we save
>any money if we had a water meter?
>
>What are you paying with a meter, please?
>
>Our total bill is 330ukp for a year, or monthly payments of 41
>quid.
>
>That includes standing charges for water and sewerage.
>
>Only two of us at home now, though son is home 20 weeks of the
>year. Daughter only comes home occasionally (hi Pam).
2 of us plus a little one 2yrs..
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Andrew Willoughby
>
> In article <873327...@willouby.demon.co.uk>, Andrew Willoughby
> <And...@willouby.demon.co.uk> writes
> >
> >I just got the yearly bill from Yorkshire water, would we save
> >any money if we had a water meter?
> >
> >What are you paying with a meter, please?
> In short yes.
> Which all so goes for gas and electric oh and in passing are you using
> BT.
Thanks for the answers so far, though few have actually said what
they pay with a meter.
And yes we've already got meters for gas & electric! 8-)
As for BT, yes we still use 'em. I wouldn't change to the cable
companies if they paid me, not after the mess they made of all
the pavements.
So now it looks like we'll have to have the drive dug up for
a water meter. :-(
Andy H
Would it be just as cheap with a bath or is a shower recommended?
I'm with cable - it there a big problem with them?
Andrew Willoughby wrote in message <650181...@willouby.demon.co.uk>...
Steve Loft
> Thanks for the answers so far, though few have actually said what
> they pay with a meter.
Well, I thought I was fairly specific, when I said:
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Andrew, we pay about 260ukp per year. That's made up of standing charges
of 23ukp for water and 19ukp for sewerage, and about 125 cubic metres of
water @ 75.20p for supply and 96.60p for sewerage (i.e. the total cost per
cubic metre is 171.8p). That's for two of us plus a nine-year-old whose
religion apparently precludes him from washing or flushing the toilet, so
that helps a bit, cost-wise.
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And I posted that from my Demon account, so I'd have thought you would
have seen it.
Steve Loft
wrote:
> In article <650181...@willouby.demon.co.uk>, Andrew Willoughby wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the answers so far, though few have actually said what
> > they pay with a meter.
>
> Well, I thought I was fairly specific, when I said:
Sorry, I read your "few" as "none". Presumably you did see my original
message. Why am I so ratty at the moment?
Glynn Bradley
writes
>Don't YW charge for installation?
>
>Would it be just as cheap with a bath or is a shower recommended?
>
>I'm with cable - it there a big problem with them?
>
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Glynn Bradley
Ian Dinsdale
>
>Would it be just as cheap with a bath or is a shower recommended?
>
>I'm with cable - it there a big problem with them?
>
Yes.
If you can get any water flow at all it's a miracle, and doesn't half
bugger up TV reception.
Cheers
Ian D
brian
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Andrew Willoughby wrote in message <873327...@willouby.demon.co.uk>...
>
>I just got the yearly bill from Yorkshire water, would we save
>any money if we had a water meter?
>
>What are you paying with a meter, please?
>
>Our total bill is 330ukp for a year, or monthly payments of 41
>quid.
>
>That includes standing charges for water and sewerage.
>
>Only two of us at home now, though son is home 20 weeks of the
>year. Daughter only comes home occasionally (hi Pam).
Andrew Willoughby
writes:
> Don't YW charge for installation?
It costs 35 ukp for a survey to decide just where to put the meter.
> Would it be just as cheap with a bath or is a shower recommended?
Baths do use more water, but then some people get showered every day.
> I'm with cable - is there a big problem with them?
Yes, haven't you seen the mess they made digging all the trenches?
Andrew Willoughby
<br...@sleeco.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> Don't get metred, it'll cost you a lot more
Err, why? Everyone else seems to say I'll pay less.
Lindsay Endell
Andrew Willoughby wrote in message
<873327...@willouby.demon.co.uk>...
>
>I just got the yearly bill from Yorkshire water, would we save
>any money if we had a water meter?
>
>What are you paying with a meter, please?
>
>Our total bill is 330ukp for a year, or monthly payments of 41
>quid.
>
the last 9 months we've been paying 16 quid a month, and we're about
20 quid in credit.
There are two of us, we have frequent showers and baths, wash our
dishes in the sink and our clothes in our washing machine (tried it
the other way around but the dishes break...), hose down bikes when
muddy. We are aware of what we use, but we don't go mad trying to
make sure we don't waste a drop...
For a couple, a meter is worthwhile. If we have kids our water bill
will rise, naturally, but we'll be happy to pay for what we use.
Linz, the "reply to" does work...
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Lindsay Endell
Andy H wrote in message <7b9j3v$rn6$1...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>Don't YW charge for installation?
>
>
free. Cambridge (our last home) charged us roughly 100 quid for the
survey and installation, and we still saved money.
Lindsay Endell
brian wrote in message <7ba9tg$brn$4...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>Don't get metred, it'll cost you a lot more
Your reason being?
We have saved money in two water authorities by getting a meter
installed. We have baths and showers. We drink water. We pay almost
half what our neighbours, rated, pay.