Water Meter

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by embee

Depending on your supplier, you can sometimes also save if your surface (rain) water doesn't go into the drains, mine goes to soakaways in the garden. Severn Trent is one who does this scheme, I think only a couple of others do.

Dwr Cymru do this too. Save a few pennies. Get a water butt for the down pipes and save money by using that to water plants, water for pets (my dogs prefer it), rinsing off the car / bike etc.

You can get technical and gather rain water for use in the loo / washing machine etc, but needs to be stored high up to create some pressure, else what you gain in water costs you lose in pumping costs.

I got a water meter a few years ago, I reckon I'm saving at least £150 per year. The water co installed for free (good job as it took them three visits and three holes to do the installation...).

As for flushing, "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down"

Originally Posted by GregK2

I got a water meter a few years ago, I reckon I'm saving at least £150 per year. The water co installed for free (good job as it took them three visits and three holes to do the installation...).

As for flushing, "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down"

If it's red, go see a doctor

hoe does one go about getting a water meter then?

Originally Posted by hovi5

hoe does one go about getting a water meter then?

WELSH WATER Vital Statistics
Cost of water meter installation - £75
Households with water meters - 3.1%

Price increase since privatisation (real terms) - 37.5%
Cost of average bill in 1997/98 - £283.09
[Rising prices]

Leakage rate in 1996/97 - 357m litres per day
[Water leakage]

Population supplied with water - 2.8 million

Annual salary of Water Service Managing Director in 1996/97 - £135,000

Company profits in 1996/97 - £125.4m