[daz1977]

the water board actually have the power to put every house in the country on a meter  if they wanted to,  and there is nothing that anyone can do about it, they just choose not to as it is expensive

[daz1977]

a tip,

if you every have problems with the water board pipes and they try and bill you for it, say for instance that you snapped the stop cock, ask to see there maintance records for your street to prove that it was fine before hand, they dont keep records which they shoulds as aint got time to check them all, this saved me £500 once, i got told this by a man who came to fix it, and he told me what to say when they phone me trying to get me to pay the bill

[windowswashed]

Chap across the road from me is a manager for South West Water. He washes his car every week with them pole on a stick jobbies.

I've got a 2000litre rainwater/harvesting/storage tank in my garden and he watches me washing my own windows with WFP most week-ends. He couldn't care less if I'm on a meter or not as he wastes plenty himself with sprinklers and the likes for his garden.

[EZclean]

why would he bothered about rainwater 

[Moderator David@stives]

All these myths.

If you are unsure phone the water board annonymously.

They cant force window cleaners to go on a water meter.

They cant put you on a COMMERCIAL supply on a DOMESTIC property.

[[GQC] Tim]

why would he bothered about rainwater 

He doesn't know that.

[sparklebright]

So I guess the answer to my question is...no-one!

I suppose it would be rank hypocrisy to penalise someone for water wastage when they lose a large percentage due to leaky pipes....

[tompoole]

it cant be £170 per 1000 litres , if so we will al be out of business the moment they install these meters, If someone worked part time 9am till 2.30pm they would use about 1300 litres of pure water, thats probably more than 2000litres of tap water to make 1300 litres of pure so just water alone will cost more than £300 a week! even the £200 a day guys would struggle with those costs, who ever you spoke to must be misreading the figure, or i need to go trad!
tom

[[GQC] Tim]

it cant be £170 per 1000 litres , if so we will al be out of business the moment they install these meters, If someone worked part time 9am till 2.30pm they would use about 1300 litres of pure water, thats probably more than 2000litres of tap water to make 1300 litres of pure so just water alone will cost more than £300 a week! even the £200 a day guys would struggle with those costs, who ever you spoke to must be misreading the figure, or i need to go trad!
tom

Of course it's not true, it's more like £1.70 (waste included) for 1m3 (1000l), he must have misunderstood. One seventy can easily be mistaken for one hundred seventy.

Most people on a meter can verify this figure, or something in that neighbor hood. £170 for a couple of toiletflushes, bath and washing machines is of course not possible.

[advanced]

thats rubbish im on a water metre and it says on my bill it costs about 98 pence per cubic metre of water wich is 1000 litres.

[poole bay]

sorry its £1.70p not£170 and thats for 1000ltr and yes you can have a commercial supply on a domestic property.they put a seperate metre on and away you go they put 6% every year to with inflation a small charge year..

[Ian Lancaster]

When I started WFP four years ago, I wrote to Southern Water (e-mail) and told them what I was doing.

The only reply I got was concerned with the possibility of a ban on the use in the event of a drought order.  No mention of wanting me to go onto a meter.

A couple of years later I contacted them again as my usage had gone up (a lot).  I had a discussion with someone in their office who tried to say I ought to go on a commercial metered system.  I asked if they could force me to - they said no so I didn't :

There are at least four separate records of me contacting them regarding WFP, but never any insistance that I should go on a meter.

Instead of worrying and guessing, you should contact them and tell them what you are doing.  That way they can't turn round in the future and start making silly demands for backdated usage etc.

Even if you have to go on a meter, it's just a business expense, and in the great scheme of things only a minor one.

There are far more important things to spend your time on, like becoming a millionaire before you retire

[poole bay]

i spoke to wessex water different area, where are you southern water, the main reason why i spoke to them is if i am making water its the sewer charge i dont want.  why would i want to pay that when the water is not going down the sewer, the sewer charge is nearly the same as the bill so if you dont do it that way you are paying double bubble . im not worrying and guessing i did not want second hand info thats why i rang them i think things will be changing as there are alot more window cleaners than there was four years ago, commercial supply is ok least you can claim for it regards carl..

[ian1972]

i was under impression it was something like £2 a square meter

[poleman]

Aim on a water meter and pay £120.00

When I move aim going to build a rain harvest!

Andy