[Sussex] Southern Water Price Increase

[1066familyman]

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Exactly!

 

[Papak]

Forced onto a meter.

No car washing. No watering the garden.

Five people in the house, two of which are teenage daughters. Says it all really.

No matter how careful I am with water usage, it makes no difference unfortunately.

I think you should be checking for leaks after the meter, even with 2 teens that seems excessive, I had one of each flavour at home until recently and my bill has hardly changed although I don't think meter readings are that frequent compared to other utilities where we are encouraged to send in readings so I might be in for a shock as my 18 year old son spent longer showering than his older sister...

If you leave an empty house for a few hours, turn off your water and record the meter reading then check it again on your return and see if there is any change.

 

[1066familyman]

I think you should be checking for leaks after the meter, even with 2 teens that seems excessive, I had one of each flavour at home until recently and my bill has hardly changed although I don't think meter readings are that frequent compared to other utilities where we are encouraged to send in readings so I might be in for a shock as my 18 year old son spent longer showering than his older sister...

If you leave an empty house for a few hours, turn off your water and record the meter reading then check it again on your return and see if there is any change.

I have checked that before. No leaks that I can tell. I will check again however.

I know that our two teenagers use an excessive amount of water. Unfortunately, there's not a lot I can do about that.

If you're mostly 1.5 occupants and pay £30 a month, then multiple that by say 3 times, still comes out at £90. So only really one person out, give or take. Our two teenagers 100% use more water than is 'normal' for two people, so our household is effectively well over 5 persons 'normal' use.