Water.

[recman]

We had a meter fitted around six months ago.
We were told that nothing would change charges wise for this year but the next bill would be governed by usage so my question is what experience have you had with meters, specifically how much difference did you notice to your bill.
I'm just trying to get some idea of what to expect really.

[dodsi]

Depends on a whole number of factors, what area do you live in, how many people live in the property, your habits with water etc etc.

If you can detail any of these things then I would be in a fairly good position to give you a fairly accurate answer.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

It was a long time ago so my memory is fuzzy, but when I switched to a meter I think I was given the opportunity to go back to flat rate if it wasn't cheaper - do you have any deals like that on offer?
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[recman]

I'm in Luton, three adults in the house, we only really take showers, don't really do much water related except the occasional car/bike wash. No dish washer.

Haven't looked into the return to flat rate offer tbh, I'll check.
We were paying around the £400 mark for the year.

[DrDonnyBrago]

I moved house from a flat rate to a metered property - similar size and C.tax etc. Typically showers rather than baths and use of a dishwasher most days. I don't wash vehicles but wife does water the garden.

My bill went down, but I also became more frugal with water use.

e.g. Part of the process when brewing beer is to cool a very large quantity of boiling wort (unfermented beer) as quickly as possible. To this end, running cold water through a copper coil is very effective, but on full blast wastes a few hundred litres of water at a time. I have to be more careful now that I am actually paying for it - lower flow rate and I've taken to carrying to hot waste (but perfectly clean) water in buckets to the bath tub for after I'm done brewing.

[UnknownStuntm...]

Easy way to think of it: If there are less people than bedrooms, meter is cheaper. More people than bedrooms, rates are cheaper.

Yes I'm aware teenagers don't wash, and some people take ages in the shower, etc, etc.

[Polarbear]

We changed to a meter when it was just me and the wife. All good. Daughter moved back home. Lives in the bathroom, all bad.
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[MCN]

Meter is a cnut.

You must in the back of your mind think you are actually paying to keep a lawn green.

Rain Butts are a solution but they still cost more to buy than the saving possibly.

There may come a day when metered is what you get take it or leave it.
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[Dave70]

I had a meter fitted around nine months ago.

Currently, it's saving me around £60 over the year. Considering I live alone and I'm at work most of the time, that's not a great saving imo.

Factor in 2 adults and a 2.4 sprogs and you'll be considerably out of pocket on a metre.
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[bamt]

Our area had mandatory meters fitted a couple of years ago. Our bill went down fairly significantly (about 1/3 IIRC) - two adults, two teenagers, assorted animals in a 4 bedroom house. The kids mainly shower, the wife and I tend to bath. We wash bikes reasonably often (especially my son with his MTB during the summer), cars not so much.

We are reasonably frugal (no massive watering of the garden), and I turned down the water pressure in the kitchen slightly because the ladies tend to turn the tap on full blast for ages whilst rinsing stuff, but no real change to habits.

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[Shinigami]

found meter cheaper in one place cheaper and another more expensive, depends on property really and how many there are of you
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[andyscooter]

My gaffer has a meter
It's saving him about 200 quid a month

He has a leak in a field on his farm and they were charging him for all his water
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[Hetzer]

We're on rated (x2, water in and water out, 60 quid a fucking month), I often leave a cold tap or two running all day. We paid for the water infrastructure, just so that whore thatcher could sell OUR property to private scum and allow the parasites to profit from a fundamental human need. I look forward to Corbyn getting in and taking it back into public ownership.
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[dodsi]

Everybody pays for water and wastewater services - depending on where you live will depend on who you pay for each service. It just so happens where I live I pay just one company.

The future of the water industry is in an 'open market place' where you choose your supplier - this is beginning next year for commercial customers and I can only foresee it opening up to domestic customers too. However, all this really does is separate the wholesale of water to the billing side... your water will still come from the same place from the same sources on the same network operated by the same people. But you would choose who bills you (like electricity and gas is now).

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[duhawkz]

We switched to a meter a few years ago, they wanted about 600+ a year for water rates, now we pay abiut £20 a month.
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