[Dave Willis]

I've just been hit by a £750 bill for the last six months 
I have no leaks and I measure my usage. I actually used less water than the year before on the business side and yet used a massive amount on the domestic side. Strangely I can't check this myself because they came along and fitted a new meter in the road.

I'm convinced there is some scam going on with Wessex Water - anyone else getting stung?

[CLEANCARE WC]

I pay £50 a month this covers my usage and some towards catching up on an old bill.

[PoleKing]

Hold off paying it.
Get meters fitted yourself and tally the numbers.
Sounds right though if you're on a meter (almost) everyone seems to be paying over £100 a month

[Stephen.C]

Incredible, we have a house meter and I have had a sub meter fitted, I have arranged with southern water a non return to sewer charge for the business. For example if our house uses 75 cubic meters of water we will be billed for that, I then read my sub meter and submit the reading for example 45 cubic meters. The bill is then re calculated and basically the difference is what the business. pays. So 75 - 45 =  30 You have to read you sub meter regular at least once a week.

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

That's appalling!! I predicted water would go this way a few years back. It's an essential in which they will only keep increasing the cost of to line the pockets of the greedy few! It's actually disgusting!

Fortunately for me, I'm in Scotland where there are no domestic water meters & our supply costs approx £150 per year, oh & it's lovely & soft too!

[Positivity]

Water Privatisation (Hansard, 16 June 1992)
The average household water bill has increased by 47.1 per cent. since privatisation. Water charges have risen by almost three times the rate of inflation
Rip off and it will get worse - no wonder I'm depressed

[Stephen.C]

My last water bill for 44 cubic meters was £54.00. Working a 5 day a week filling a 600lt not always from empty Pro6 with robak recovery system.

[PoleKing]

My last water bill for 44 cubic meters was £54.00. Working a 5 day a week filling a 600lt not always from empty Pro6 with robak recovery system.

[PoleKing]

My last water bill for 44 cubic meters was £54.00. Working a 5 day a week filling a 600lt not always from empty Pro6 with robak recovery system.

Wow! £1.20 a unit?!
I pay closer to £4.20 a unit in & out.

[dave0123]

about 60 quid a month here without a meter

[Darranvps]

£818 for this past 6 months!

[poleman]

I aim paying £330 a month  and from wessex water there 2nd most expensive in the country

[CLEANCARE WC]

i used to pay £7 a month to anglian water for my flat in 1997!

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

I am genuinely shocked at what some of you are paying for water!

[CLEANCARE WC]

I am genuinely shocked at what some of you are paying for water!

Me too! as I said above i pay £50 a month which includes my usage & pays a bit towards an old bill!

[JamesAJF]

My last water bill for 44 cubic meters was £54.00. Working a 5 day a week filling a 600lt not always from empty Pro6 with robak recovery system.

Wow! £1.20 a unit?!
I pay closer to £4.20 a unit in & out.

its not far off  £1.20 for a cubic meter of water its the sewage charge that put your bill up and thats like another £2.81 and i ask water bored and its about £1.65 a cubic meter so its about £4.46 in total 

[Frankybadboy]

free here

[JamesAJF]

i have only got a 250 liter tank but i waste 250 liters dawn the drain  so i am using 500 liters a day so if its £4.46 a cubic meter witch is 1000 liters and i am using half that then my water bill per day should be £2.23 a day to fill up. witch works out about £11.15 a week or 5 working days anyway. (£44.60 a month) soz just working it out lol not to bad for me though.  

[Dave Willis]

Plus your household usage.
I use about 125 cubic metres per year for my business according to my own meter. They reckon an average house with four people should be around £800 for the year. They claim we are high users which puts us into £900+ per year.
Add that to my business and my total is closer to £1500 per year including sewerage.

They have forgotten to give me a rebate on water not being returned to the drains (which is still a poor figure anyway).
I honestly believe we are being ripped off big time - I'm sure this will hit the papers soon, it's a joke.

[Stephen.C]

Tell them Dave, it was bloody hard work setting mine up with southern water but got their in the end.