Wife and two kids at school/college. And we all watch the useage.
£55/month. I was a little surprised that it was dearer than allthe electricity we use.
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What'san average water bill?
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you on a meter? just had my bill for this year £15/month. Normal usage i would say
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Yes on a meter, need to find out if it's been checked.
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Well when we were a working couple we paid £26 a month, now we pay £46 with 2 kids. BUT as our consumption changed dramatically so we are paying off a debt equivalent to £8 a month. So we use £38 a month in reality, and thats with a wife and 2 kids at home all day with the washer on once a day at least.
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On a meter - 3 of us and never pay attention to usage - £20 a month.
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depends hugely on your waterboard. South West Water - £63 a month. I love paying for the most expensive water in the country.
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£163 a year for lovely soft scottish water. Included with Council Tax bill.
Still folk buy bottled water sourced from within 40 miles of here.
Go figure !
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Two of us on a meter at £15/month.
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I have a meter, am single and pay £20 per month. That seems excessive!
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The Ofwat site gives the average as well as the metered / unmetered, water / sewerage splits. Also company by company so you can see how it varies across the country.
The price limits for the next 5 year period (up to 2015) have just been set for all but Bristol Water (currently contesting Ofwat's ruling by appealing to the Competition Commission).
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Water meter - me living on my own £120 a year.
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£300 a year use as much as you want
we were in Suffolk for 6 mths on a meter sent us a bill for £1100 on a meter WTFPosted 2 years ago # -
My bill came the other day (Wessex Water) £666.28, unmetered.
I think it was something like £30 when we moved here in 1984
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We pay £40 a month and its just 2 of us and were out most of the day.
We are out most of the day as well. Considering a water meter because we feel its excessive.Posted 2 years ago # -
£272 - un-metered
6 of us in a 5 bed Victorian semiPosted 2 years ago # -
About £2 a month for two of us. But then we live in NZ (pay $5 ish a month) so not really a useful comparison...
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38.31 per month.
Wors.. how the hell do you manage that ???
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the last bill i got at our old house, band d rateable, some ooooooo 8 years ago = 1200/year. sww.
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I can't help thinking that once everybody is on a meter the inevitable will happen .Water companies will see their income drastically reduce so the price of metered water will be hiked up .
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About £140 per year in Ballaugh on the Isle of Man and €40 a year in Platsa in Greece.
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£360
But it beats walking miles every day to fill a bucket from a dirty river and then having to bury our own s#ite, while worrying when our kids are next going to be struck down by some life threatening disease.
http://www.wateraid.orgI know I'm being melodramatic, flame away......
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I don't want a meter
The way our pipes are configured will make it very difficult for the water co. to fit one as the feed comes into my boundary & then splits to 3 propertiesPosted 2 years ago # -
£250 a year for the water and £150 for the waste. But the man's coming to survey us for a meter this morning so hoping that will go down (but not by much judging by some of the posts on here).
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We pay £40 a month and its just 2 of us and were out most of the day.
We are out most of the day as well. Considering a water meter because we feel its excessive.I wouldn't! We're metered, 2 of us, out most of the day, just had our first one at £45/month.
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3 bed bungalow. One couple - £77 p/m
changed to meter and now got 2 kids, baths all the time, washer on constantly etc £36 p/mPosted 2 years ago # -
2 adults 2 children, all shower daily and the washing machine goes like the clackers. £300 ish per year metered.
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Oldgit - are you on mains sewerage? You get double billed as it is assumed that the majority of the water that goes into the house goes out as sewerage again.
Check that it's not an estimated reading - that can upset your billing - also if your previous one was estimated too low perhaps and you are making up some payments.
Cinammon girl - £20 a month for all that water isn't too bad. Try buying enough water in bottles to shower in, flush your toilets etc - that would cost a little more than £20.
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Dave, got it changed to a mmeter. i think a cubic metre of water works out at £2.50 ish.
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we pay £600 a year I think.. unmetered.
Tricky as to whether it would be cheaper on a water meter or not... its not like you can go back once you've committed to having a meter if you find it works out more expensive!Posted 2 years ago # -
TBP - that's not the case. You're on a win-win, as if it turns out that rateable value as the basis for your bill is cheaper for you having trialled a meter, you can revert within 12 months.
Again, the Ofwat link gives the facts and FAQs on this:
meter switchingIt also gives a link to one of many calculators for what your likely metered bill would be if you're considering a switch. Each company provides one as well on their own sites.
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Oooh, didn't know that... might have to investigate after all then!
Thanks drain (appropriate name for the topic!)
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Detached house, 3 of us in here. £170 per year for water, sewerage, VAT and all standing charges.
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2 of us 20 quid a month
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Nominative determinism in action! Yeah with a nickname like this (as predicted by my grandad) since 13yrs old what other industry would I end up working in?
Seem to be a disproportionate number of Flood, Tempest, Drinkwater, Bourne etc type names in the water sector. Although I was in a meeting once with 5 Daves out of 7 people, so maybe that's the real anomaly...
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boxelder - Member
But it beats walking miles every day to fill a bucket from a dirty river and then having to bury our own s#ite, while worrying when our kids are next going to be struck down by some life threatening disease.
http://www.wateraid.orgWhat boxelder said. We don't know how lucky we are, etc. ('cept that we really don't appreciate how lucky we are...)
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