Water meters

[Kathyan]

Can anyone who has a water meter give me an idea of how much water (units) you use please? We live in a three bed semi and there are just the two of us.

[craft1948]

Okay........................I'll own up to Windolene Wipes :-)

[tonyav]

What about those Femfresh one's crafty ?

[craft1948]

What do YOU use those for Tony?

[tonyav]

Oi ^^^^ ( gawd I should have learned by now, that bloody crafty is razor sharp. )

[Psybbo]

http://www.pampers.co...-baby-wipes#171000023
tony uses these craft

[atalanta]

Be careful. Having a water meter should just about break even if two of you have a bath or shower every day and do a fair bit of laundry and also have a dish-washer. But it does put off purchasers, especially those who have a number of children. Now think about the future. When the water companies have over half their custonmers on meters, with ( say) two-thirds of them saving money, they are going to find themselves short of money. When all customers go over to meters they will be even shorter of cash ( the water companies are lobbying the government hard for new laws and regulations to force meters on customers, starting with new houses, etc) So it is very obvious that the companies will put their prices up sharply once all their customers are trapped into being meter-customers. The water companies are looking at sudden huge increases in profits - just over the horizon. Fat bonuses for the fat bosses, do you suppose ?
Where have we heard that story before ?

[Kathyan]

I still think that water should be provided on a non profit basis. Water is a necessity for life and, as such, shouldn't be there to make a profit.

[gingejbee]

Kath: to extend your argument - food is also a necessity of life. So anyone who sells it shouldn't be making a profit either? However, your original question regarding "only 10 units" used. That's 10 cubic metres or 10,000 litres which is 2,200 gallons. Does that sound more realistic?

[Toureman]

We got a water meter 3 years ago, each year since our bill has been half it used to be,

We still use the same amount of water.