rycalshaw

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Water board question
« on: December 14, 2021, 03:29:20 pm »
Hi guys' is it essential that you tell your water supplier that you're making pure water?'  didn't know if i needed a water meter fitting ..cheers

Splash & dash

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2021, 04:34:52 pm »
Hi guys' is it essential that you tell your water supplier that you're making pure water?'  didn't know if i needed a water meter fitting ..cheers


You don’t need to tell them , but you should be able to claim a rebate if your waist water doesn’t go into their  drains , I have a sub meter and only lay for the water charge on that no sewerage charge it dies make a big difference to the bills . 

DJW

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2021, 06:35:27 pm »
When I started out I wasn’t on a meter and didn’t tell them. They knew they were losing around three cubic metres of water every couple of days though and would frequently turn up in the street with a special stethoscope thing trying to pinpoint ‘the leak’ 😀

Soupy

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2021, 06:44:35 pm »
Hi guys' is it essential that you tell your water supplier that you're making pure water?'  didn't know if i needed a water meter fitting ..cheers

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rycalshaw

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2021, 06:48:03 pm »
Hi guys' is it essential that you tell your water supplier that you're making pure water?'  didn't know if i needed a water meter fitting ..cheers

Where are you?
Barnsley...

rycalshaw

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2021, 06:49:07 pm »
When I started out I wasn’t on a meter and didn’t tell them. They knew they were losing around three cubic metres of water every couple of days though and would frequently turn up in the street with a special stethoscope thing trying to pinpoint ‘the leak’ 😀
To be honest mate thats why i'm asking' they've been and done same at the end of my drive' did you continue?

Splash & dash

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2021, 07:54:55 pm »
When I started out I wasn’t on a meter and didn’t tell them. They knew they were losing around three cubic metres of water every couple of days though and would frequently turn up in the street with a special stethoscope thing trying to pinpoint ‘the leak’ 😀


If you  arnt  on a meter  how would they know they are loosing 3cm ???? Evan if you were on a meter they wouldn’t worry about it 3 cm loss isn’t anything to a water company it would need to be in the 100s at least before they would investigate

AuRavelling79

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2021, 07:59:06 pm »
I'm not on a meter and have been "making" pure water at my address since 2005. No problems so far ...

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Blue Frog Systems

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2021, 08:19:16 pm »
When I started out I wasn’t on a meter and didn’t tell them. They knew they were losing around three cubic metres of water every couple of days though and would frequently turn up in the street with a special stethoscope thing trying to pinpoint ‘the leak’ 😀

I had exactly the same, every week across the road for months. I used to make them a flask up in the morning while the van was filling up. They never found that 'leak'
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DJW

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2021, 09:13:50 pm »
I think they might have had a meter at the end of the cul de sac because they knew precisely how much was vanishing.
They never pinpointed it but got very close.
Moved house eventually, now on a meter.

Mike Burd

Re: Water board question
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2021, 09:41:50 pm »
It’s forbidden under the Geneva Convention.

Splash & dash

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2021, 09:53:42 pm »
I think they might have had a meter at the end of the cul de sac because they knew precisely how much was vanishing.
They never pinpointed it but got very close.
Moved house eventually, now on a meter.



Don’t believe a word of it if that was the case they would need thousands of staff to find real leaks that loose tens of thousands of ltr per day not a window cleaner using a tiny amount of water per day .

DJW

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2021, 10:10:39 pm »
Believe what you want mate but that’s what happened in my road. They would park up now and again and a guy used a long stethoscopes plonked on the ground every couple of feet. I asked what they were looking for and it’s the answer they gave. Spot on with their estimate too. Wessex Water.

DJW

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Re: Water board question
« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2021, 10:17:13 pm »