Unless you have a meter the charges are based on the Council Tax band of
your house. I used to pay about 40 quid a month, after the (free) fitting
of a meter it dropped to 21 quid. There are only two of us though.

Ring the water company - they are obliged by law to fit a free meter if
you ask. Note, however, you can never go back to the un-metered state.



I believe that you can go back to unmetered at any time in the 12 months
following the fitting of a meter, but if a meter has been fitted, for the
next owners
of the property the only choice will be metered water, or no water.