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It's not often I'm shocked by some of the bills dropping through our door but our water bill, received this morning, has caused some jaw droppage.

£800 (just under £70 per month) for the past year courtesy of Anglian Water. We have 2 adults, 2 children, no watering the garden or cleaning cars, the usual washing machine, dishwasher, showers/baths and a hydrophobic dog.

I was keeping a record of water costs up until 2009 and the water and sewerage was costing us £1.30 per day. As of 2013 it's gone up to £2.20 per day :eek:

Are we just using too much or is this the norm?

edited to add: this is a metered supply
 
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4 adults (2 grown up kids) and our total water bill for supply and waste is £570.40 a year. We're not on a water meter though so don't have to worry about usage.
 
Two adults, on a water meter, we we're paying £29 per month but this has dropped to £24 per month. Fitted water butt last year so this and new washing machine maybe the result of the drop. Have you got a leak between your meter and the house?

Maybe worth shutting of the supply in the house overnight and take a meter reading then another reading in the morning. Assuming the meter is some distance from your house.
 
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Bladdy hell I pay about £8 water and similar waste a month I think. I hope Southern water dont find out what Anglia are getting away with.
 
Sounds very hi to me. I'd make sure all your water is turned off and make sure the meter isn't still spinning. If it is then you have a leak somewhere.

We're on septic tank so only pay for incoming water which is around £300/year metered. 2 adults and a kid, includes filling a large pool multiple times over the summer, watering of the garden and veg patch, washing cars, pressure washing decks and patios twice a year, also includes a small cabin that has guests in it around 20-30 weekends a year, using water for cooking, showers etc.
 
I pay £35 a month direct to the landlord for water and sewerage. Based on past experience, £35 a month for two young adults isn't too bad considering the usage we get from it without having to think twice of the bill.
 
Have to say, that is a lot. I pay £25 per month for both water and sewerage on a metered supply but there is just me and mother in the house anyway.

Methinks there is a leak somewhere along the line at your end.
 
Probably leaking away when the kids leave taps running...
 
We pay £20 per month for water and waste (North Hampshire, so Southern Water). Two adults, two children (7 and 11) on a meter. Definitely sounds high at your end.
 
£66/month for water and waste. One adult, unmetered.

Perhaps I should get a meter.
 
Best thing we ever did was get a meter.

Water Co. look at a 3 bed detached house and calculate the charges based on occupancy of 2 adults and 2 children, and the associated usage usually associated with that.

Once we got a meter our bill plummeted.
 
ecoleman said:
Sounds very hi to me. I'd make sure all your water is turned off and make sure the meter isn't still spinning. If it is then you have a leak somewhere.

We're on septic tank so only pay for incoming water which is around £300/year metered. 2 adults and a kid, includes filling a large pool multiple times over the summer, watering of the garden and veg patch, washing cars, pressure washing decks and patios twice a year, also includes a small cabin that has guests in it around 20-30 weekends a year, using water for cooking, showers etc.
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Interestingly our water component is £375 for the year so not a million miles from your usage. The sewerage component though (which is based on 90% of water usage and a higher standing charge) works out as £423!

I'll check for a leak but maybe Anglia's just ramped their charges up. Failing that maybe I can have a septic tank on the drive :)
 
POAH said:
water included in council tax for us scots
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And it's still publicly owned, provided at a lower cost per household, and with substantially fewer leaks.

The whole debacle of privatising water is a real bugbear of mine :bang:
 
Spuff said:
Damn! So it's not just your prescriptions, university fees and care for the elderly we subsidise :razz:
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that's only because you take all the tax from the oil. going bite when you loose that.
 
TriggerHappy said:
And it's still publicly owned, provided at a lower cost per household, and with substantially fewer leaks.

The whole debacle of privatising water is a real bugbear of mine :bang:
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Not sure about the leak issue as there doesn't seem to be anywhere that publishes the percentage.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-water-plugging-the-gaps-but-leaks-still-an-issue-1-1498259

The fact they've cut it by a third suggests that it must have been an issue before so I'd assume their leakage rate was at the upper end of the English equivalent.

I find that odd in all their reports they just say how much water is lost but not what proportion of the supply they are losing. England & Wales rates vary between 14% and 27%. Severn Trent being the most wasteful.

Some recent articles are actually suggesting privatisation for Scottish water to improves access to funds to reduce leaks further...
 
I usually pay between 55 and 60 quid a quarter for water and waste, recently changed over to a direct debit of 20 a month, so we'll see how the bills go in the coming months.
 
Our water costs less up here cause we have so much of the stuff coming down that they need to sell it off cheap.
 
zero :D

where we live there used to be a reservoir and pumping station in the valley - it cost a shed load to maintain each year, but the four farms in the valley had a legal right to water from it and it couldn't be closed without their consent

so a few years back SW water did a deal where they closed the uneconomic pumping station in exchange for guaranteeing the four holdings free water (and sewerage) in perpetutity - FTW
 
March - June, £110.66. 2 adults, no kids.
 
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zero :D

where we live there used to be a reservoir and pumping station in the valley - it cost a shed load to maintain each year, but the four farms in the valley had a legal right to water from it and it couldn't be closed without their consent

so a few years back SW water did a deal where they closed the uneconomic pumping station in exchange for guaranteeing the four holdings free water (and sewerage) in perpetutity - FTW
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Show off :lol:
 
£110.00 per month for two of us to sample the worst tasting water I have ever had from a mains supply :gag:

Apparently we have the most expensive water in the country.......
 
acetone said:
No meter so unlimited amount for £19 a month.
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I have no meter and live in a small bungalow, but even so my combined water and sewerage bill based on rateable value is something like £66.
 
Equivalent to £7.50 per month for water and sewage at our old place. Two of us on a meter with a grey water system for the toilet flush, etc. Was about 8-9 quid a month at the place before that with no grey water system.

Currently pay nothing, all covered by the landlord.

This is in Australia, where water usage really does matter. Some of the figures in this thread are crazy.
 
Hooky said:
£110.00 per month for two of us to sample the worst tasting water I have ever had from a mains supply :gag:

Apparently we have the most expensive water in the country.......
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Are you sure about that Alan, that is more than our council tax:eek:
We pay around £27 a month for water and £75 a month for gas/electric - two adults.
I reckon there is something drastically wrong there.
 
I have records going back to 2002 for two adults (and more recently a dog) for our metered supply. For water and sewerage combined the annual bill has been (for financial year ending)...

2002 - 100
2003 - 121
2004 - 131
2005 - 189
2006 - 194
2007 - 234
2008 - 248
2009 - 253
2010 - 309
2011 - 316
2012 - 350
2013 - 344
2014 - 350 estimated
 
andy700 said:
Are you sure about that Alan, that is more than our council tax:eek:
We pay around £27 a month for water and £75 a month for gas/electric - two adults.
I reckon there is something drastically wrong there.
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Quite sure! Our council tax is £112 per month....

The amount we pay for water really is ridiculous. We (two of us) are looking at getting a water meter fitted as we are very conscientious regarding water wastage and would probably save a fortune!
 
Hooky said:
Quite sure! Our council tax is £112 per month....

The amount we pay for water really is ridiculous. We (two of us) are looking at getting a water meter fitted as we are very conscientious regarding water wastage and would probably save a fortune!
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Alan, you really have to get that checked out, no way is it correct.
Find out the utilities regulator for your area.
 
Metered supply
3 bed semi. 2 Adults
£21 a month.

We ran up some £400 extra with a small seal leak in the toilet that we didn't realise was happening. Only looked like a tiny ripple but it doubled our water usage.
 
andy700 said:
Alan, you really have to get that checked out, no way is it correct.
Find out the utilities regulator for your area.
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Andy, trust me we have checked it out!

People cannot believe it, but we pay £1100 a year (spread over 10 months)...

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Sou...tory-18066715-detail/story.html#axzz2camAi8fa

We have received a fifty pound rebate this year as a one off payment but pardon the pun, this is just a drop in the ocean...

We have now got so p***ed off with the rip off charges (Southwest Water have a monopoly after all...) that we have applied for a water meter. There is only two of us and we shower most the time rather than run a bath. We also collect rainwater to service our garden....SWW estimate that we will have our bill halved by doing this...
 
When I bought my new house 15 years ago in Newcastle they all had water meters fitted. so in my house was me and the wife no kids, next door was 2 adults to young children.

they asked us one day what our bills where like and we told them we paid £50 a quater, they said they paid that and also £120 extra, I nearly fell through the floor, they did not have a shower only a bath so on average 3 bathfuls a day plus washing machine.

I never used to leave the tap running whilst cleaning teeth and showered instead of baths.

dread to think what it would be now, here in Guernsey I pay about £300 a year but no meter. Thats for a 3 bed detached with a wing, so 2 bathrooms and seperate tiolet with four adults and 1 child 14 years old
 
Mine currently is running at £130 a quarter now I am on metered. Before when on rates I was paying that per month.
 
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