Time to hang the water regulators

[Bazzer Smith]

No, it like talking crap, which what you are doing.

[Peter Ward]

No change there, then.

[Amethyst Deceiver]

1. Learn to spell. If you want to swear, have the balls to do so rather than bowdlerising yourself.
2. Make up your mind.

[Mark]

A long time ago I had a letter from the water company asking if we would like to convert to a meter. From calculating our expected usage it seemed we would be paying more with a meter (and that's before we had kids!).

Maybe things have changed nowadays?

[Frank Erskine]

It all depends on the relative water charges and the rateable value of the property.

[Huge]

There's a (large) limit you're allowed to extract without permission. Several thousand litres a day, IIRC.

[Huge]

Most of which needed replacing.

[Steve Firth]

Ah, that's interesting. In that case someone at the EA lied to me. I may well have another go.

[Huge]

"If you want to take more than 20 cubic metres (4,000 gallons) of water per day from a river, stream or canal, you probably need a licence." Doesn't mention boreholes, but if you download the first PDF, the guide to getting an abstraction licence, on page 4 it says "or from an underground source" and repeats the 20 cubic metres restriction.

[Willy Eckerslyke]

Another minor issue is that you have to test the water quality fairly regularly. Bloke at work used to get his water from a well and was annoyed to have to pay someone "official" to run a test that he was better qualified to do himself.

[Steve Firth]

I was more interested in taking a hot water and toilet flush feed from a borehole and leaving drinking water to come from the mains, then moving onto a metered tariff. I'd be pissed if I had to have water quality tested for bog flushing purposes.

[Steve Firth]

[Willy Eckerslyke]

They'll probably tell you that you need to stick labels on your bog warning the unwary not to drink from the pan. Rainwater not an option then? I toyed with the idea of running a pipe from a couple of water butts to the bog cistern, but CBA. And our water rates are only a hundred quid a year anyway.

[Steve Firth]

A lot more work. I would need to bury a 1000-2000 litre tank.