Dave the OAP
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Not had ours through yet. Be interesting as their is only two of us now
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Southern Water ...metered bills.
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£52 per month metered for two adults plus two teens. This thread has reminded me, I think we may be paying unnecessarily for surface drainage at £22 per year, I must check and challenge that. We were paying £47.50 pre-metered in our old property, half a mile away, so not a massive change.
You're being ripped off then !!!! Even if your property was the highest rateable value you wouldn't be paying that pre-meter.
| Service | Water | Sewerage | Combined |
| Standing charge | £34.42 | £66.46* | £100.88 |
| Charge per £ of rateable value (RV) | £0.644 | £1.219 | £1.863 |
| Bill for property with RV of £150 | £131.02 | £249.31 | £380.33 |
| Bill for property with RV of £200 | £163.22 | £310.26 | £473.48 |
| Bill for property with RV of £250 | £195.42 | £371.21 | £566.63 |
| Bill for property with RV of £300 | £227.62 | £432.16 | £659.78 |
Bold Seagull
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OzMike
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The use of water meters is well over due there, it never ceased to amaze me how the water rates for my one bedroom house in Kemp Town was more than my two bedroom house in Hanover!
Everyone has water meters here and it is only right that you pay for what you use IMHO.
Everyone has water meters here and it is only right that you pay for what you use IMHO.
Weststander
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Many years overdue.
Will curtail the nonchalant constant watering of lawns during dry spells, fast running tap whilst rinsing of dishes, and so on.
Reality check.
OzMike
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Apparently you can save up to 4000 litres per person a year by urinating in the shower whilst showering.
Hungry Joe
SINNEN
How would that save water? Surely you mean getting someone to urinate on you, or attach a tube to your penis/vagina, whislt in the shower with the shower turned off. I tried the former with one of my ex's, it was great fun.
OzMike
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I asked for that I suppose.
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I asked for that I suppose.
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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Water meters are a great idea IMO. Pay for what you use, it's only fair and it works with other utilities (electricity).
Westdene Wonder
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When moving into our current address which already had a meter, water charges were well down, we discussed this with neighbours and found that if just two adults this was normal,larger families particularly with teenagers all complained of the cost.
Tricky Dicky
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That's not really surprising though, is it ? If the old pre-meter price was an average, one you have a meter, chances are anyone with below average occupancy will pay less and be happy, and those with more people will pay more than they used to and probably be unhappy - even though it seems to me that paying for what you use seems fairer. Maybe I would say that though as I'm now only pay £5 p/m as opposed to £79 previously