This is inspired by the 'energy' thread. Not a question, really - I'm just interested in what other people pay for water. I think I pay a lot (60 pm) but have nothing to compare.
Our situation is slightly complicated in that we're in Scotland and our premises are combined commercial and residential, with one metered supply to both.
If you are metered, it depends upon what you use plus the inevitable standing charges plus other fixed charges.
All in, we pay £27 pm, metered, but we are charged on our likely usage of 246L per day. Because we use less, around 190L we will end up well in credit.
In England, 3-bed semi, only meself, Anglian Water, £8 pcm. Usage runs out over a year at about 13 cu. m. (I have ways of reducing some uses - no, not by not washing or flushing, at least, not totally!).
Hell's teeth. Two replies, 27 and 8 pcm, compared to my 60 pcm. Having said that, the Scottish system used rateable values, and I cannot do much about that.
About £34/pcm here - for fresh water in and waste water out (services supplied by different companies here, as it happens). On a meter too, just the two of us.
That seems ludicrously cheap for potable water in a semi arid climate.
Mine is about £20 pcm and as a curiosity since we are on a watershed we get one bill for supply £ 18pcm and a different one for sewage £30 pcm. I think most people have a single bill including both. I feel a bit hard done by that Northumbrian water isn't cheaper than Anglian!
They have some massive reservoirs and no steelworks left to supply.
It hadn't hit my radar until last week, that water supply seems about to be unbundled from the pipes, in the same was as gas/elec.
3 bed semi in east midlands, Severn Trent, billed on RV basis, £340/year (about half for clean water, half for waste water including rain runoff, no soakaways) as a single occupant I'd undoubtedly be better off with a meter.
We pay ?1083 p.a. for the two of us. We are in England. The sewage plant is in England and we pay Welsh Water for that. The water, I believe, comes from Wales and we pay United Utilities in England for that. UU provide the combined bill that helps maintain the lifestyle of both sets of fat cats.
We are on rv mainly because when, years ago, I rang and asked about meters I was told that there was no way I would be provided with a meter that I could also read myself.
About 2 years ago, I got really angry, sat down and compared what I would pay for a typical amount of metered water p. a. in London compared with what I was paying here. Quite a hard sum, taking in all the standing charges etc for both supply and sewerage.
Ah! Yes, I'm reading per calendar month, which I think must be correct as elsewhere I think Martin said he pays 360 per half year or 720 per annum which is what I pay in total, at 60 per calendar month.
Detached. 2 bed. 1 person. North Yorks. Metered. per annum: Usage: 23 cu meters; Cost: GBP175 Quarterly bill from Yorks Water (for both waer & sewage). Yorks Water provide water, and pass on sewage payment to United Utilities.
Last time I checked, the rateable value bill would have been about GBP800/year, so I'm happy.
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