[erithwc]

does anyone know how much it costs to use water hydrants ?

[chopsie]

depends on your local water supplier, But you have to hire/rent a metered stand pipe off them. severn trent charge £195.06 deposit, and £120.38 +vat  for standpipe (assume thats per year) and then you pay for the water you use at the normal domestic rate per litre. So unless filling up at home is not an option there is not much point really IMO.
p.s these are 2007/8 figures I quoted so assume they will be more now.

[Sean Dyer]

cheaper than a unit! if all you need is water near work !?

[erithwc]

well i live in a flat quite high up and with no access to water on the ground floor so i dont want to rely on other people for my water supply

[erithwc]

just found the price list for thames water not that expensive either  http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde/xbcr/corp/201011-sundry-charges-leaflet.pdf