In message , Stephen
writes
Hello,

Would anyone know about water meters?

We're a bit grumpy because we've found out that not only are we
charged per litre on drinking water (which is fair enough, that's what
the meter is for after all); we are charged for sewerage on the same
amount.

Are you sure? I don't think you should be - IIRC we are charged at 95%
of the volume of the water used.


That seems wrong because not all the water from the taps goes
to the drains. I'm thinking of steam from cooking, the dishwasher, the
shower, etc.

I doubt that loses via steam amount to much really. i imagine it's
things like washing the car, watering the garden, washing windows etc.

My main concern is that we are keen gardeners and a lot of water goes
onto the garden. Whilst the other examples might be small, the amount
we use on the garden is not.

Hmm, you might be surprised, we have a pretty big garden, we use water
from the tap quite often for watering the veg , fruit and greenhouse,
though flowers beds and lawn mostly have to fend for themselves, but our
water consumption doesn't seem to differ much between summer and winter


In the meantime, the water co. have said if we fit a meter on the
garden tap we will not have to pay sewerage on the water used on the
garden. The problem is that I see there are different classes of
meter; does anyone know which class I would need for a garden tap?

I think you would need to ask them what they would accept really.
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Chris French