Is water THAT expensive?
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okgo said:
Hi all,
Upon being an hour late for work this morning I had time to reflect, and look at our mail ay ahead of schedule.. I opened a Thames Water bill to see them asking for £463 for the year.
Now that to me seems utterly stupid, its a 3 bed flat, with one bathroom/shower, dishwasher and washing machine. Does this sound totally stupid to you lot?
Upon being an hour late for work this morning I had time to reflect, and look at our mail ay ahead of schedule.. I opened a Thames Water bill to see them asking for £463 for the year.
Now that to me seems utterly stupid, its a 3 bed flat, with one bathroom/shower, dishwasher and washing machine. Does this sound totally stupid to you lot?
One bed flat in Devon, south west water in excess of £600 per year !!!My friend works for southern water, and since the installations of so many meters (alongside encouragement to save water in case of drought), the water companies are now not making enough profit, so expect the bills to keep rising for a while until they find a happy medium.
They've spent millions telling people to conserve water, I reckon the wasting water adverts will start soon, maybe a free paddling pool giveaway with your bill.
They've spent millions telling people to conserve water, I reckon the wasting water adverts will start soon, maybe a free paddling pool giveaway with your bill.
An unfortunate customer of Three Valleys Water, £360 for a 3-bed semi here.
I love all these threats of water meters, for a start, the stop-cock outside is a shared supply with next door. The drive (where the supply runs to the house) is block-paved. The inlet into the mains stop cock has insufficient clearance due to additional plumbing and a load supporting buttress.
I had all the "We're fitting a meter.." malarkey from them when we moved in.
"No, you can't" was my reply.
"We'll see about that..." and they sent someone round.
Having to spend all day at home (they couldn't give a time), a sub-contractor turns up and takes 90 seconds to work out that it would not be cost effective to them to fit it.
And I should declare to them when I was going to change the kitchen so they couldf
k up alter the plumbing to fit a meter.
"Erm... you can't make me can you?"
"Erm, no."
So to the EA, bring it on and bring your fking chequebook. tts.
I love all these threats of water meters, for a start, the stop-cock outside is a shared supply with next door. The drive (where the supply runs to the house) is block-paved. The inlet into the mains stop cock has insufficient clearance due to additional plumbing and a load supporting buttress.
I had all the "We're fitting a meter.." malarkey from them when we moved in.
"No, you can't" was my reply.
"We'll see about that..." and they sent someone round.
Having to spend all day at home (they couldn't give a time), a sub-contractor turns up and takes 90 seconds to work out that it would not be cost effective to them to fit it.
And I should declare to them when I was going to change the kitchen so they could
k up"Erm... you can't make me can you?"
"Erm, no."
So to the EA, bring it on and bring your f
king chequebook. tts.I got a meter around 1979.
Prior to that, water rates were in the £000s.
I'm now paying £100 a quarter, with a fair bit of car washing, no garden watering and two people using shower or bath.
And it's gone up like a bloody skyrocket over the last few years as we pay Yorkshire Water for major and extensive works.
Prior to that, water rates were in the £000s.
I'm now paying £100 a quarter, with a fair bit of car washing, no garden watering and two people using shower or bath.
And it's gone up like a bloody skyrocket over the last few years as we pay Yorkshire Water for major and extensive works.
The river Mersey and the Dee estuary can both be seen from my house (so no excuses about beaches!), from years spent sailing and messing about in and around the Dee as a kid, I know that there's a waste pipe that send waste water into the estuary. for this I'm being charged over £500 for sewage / drainage charges alone! 
and another £300 for a water supply that's barely enough for a single shower in a reasonable size family house 
and another £300 for a water supply that's barely enough for a single shower in a reasonable size family house Edited by AndrewW-G on Monday 30th March 13:26
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