I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Bill

williamwright explained on 28/08/2020 :
I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group use
per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Around 1.5 to 1.8 cubic metres per week, that's for two of us.

On 28/08/2020 21:13, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
williamwright explained on 28/08/2020 :
I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Around 1.5 to 1.8 cubic metres per week, that's for two of us.

Thanks guys. Mine is averaging less than a cubic metre per week. It just
seems very low. When my wife was alive and I was nursing her it was five
times that.

I checked the water meter this afternoon and it's working OK.

Bill

On 28/08/2020 20:58, williamwright wrote:
I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.



Thames Water used to quote 58 m3 for a mid-range single person
household, 44 for low-range.

Your supplier shd have figures for your area where averages may differ -
the absence of coal these days notwithstanding



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On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:58:07 +0100, williamwright wrote:

I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

1.54 cubic metres/week for the 2 of us.

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On 28/08/2020 20:58, williamwright wrote:
I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Bill

Essex and Suffolk Water quote averages of:

1 person household = 56 cubic metres per year
2 person household = 90 cubic metres per year
3 person household = 126 cubic metres per year
4 person household = 150 cubic metres per year
5 person household = 170 cubic metres per year

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On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 21:11:41 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:58:07 +0100, williamwright
wrote:

I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Bill

Living on my own, the last 12 months, August 19 to August 20, I used 57
cu.m. That included some garden watering earlier this year (with a
watering can, not a hose).

Three of us (and a garden). About 130 cu.m. per annum.

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On 28/08/2020 21:53, williamwright wrote:

I checked the water meter this afternoon and it's working OK.

We had a new mains pipe fitted that bypassed the water meter. The
connection was made by the water company.

I kept the water meter in the garage and handed it to the meter reader
whenever he came. He'd note down the reading, which never changed of
course, and go on his way.

I don't recall but its not that much. One also has to take into account the
cost of processing waste as well, but generally on a meter its good value
for money to get safe drinking water and getting rid of waste.
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"williamwright" wrote in message
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I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group use
per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Bill

"williamwright" wrote in message
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I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group use
per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

The latest figures I've got are from 2011 when I last lived in a house with
a water meter. I was the only person in the house. Normal usage - baths and
showers, washing machine. Over the course of 10 years (2001 to 2011) I
averaged just under 100 litres/day - apart from one reading when the
compression fitting on the outside tap had failed (strangely in July, not a
winter month when the water might have frozen) and a lot of water came out
before I noticed the puddle outside my lounge window.

williamwright brought next idea :
Thanks guys. Mine is averaging less than a cubic metre per week. It just
seems very low. When my wife was alive and I was nursing her it was five
times that.

I checked the water meter this afternoon and it's working OK.

I can sometimes get that low, when on my own, especially in a week I
don't take baths, just showers and I have no need to do any washing,
don't wash the car, the caravan, the drive etc..

I never water the garden, use a butt for the flowers.

The Other John was thinking very hard :
On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:58:07 +0100, williamwright wrote:

I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

1.54 cubic metres/week for the 2 of us.

I have just checked my annual figures - I record E, G and W reading
weekly in a spreadsheet. We (two of us) used 63.227 last year, this
year at week 47 of 52, we are at 61.776 so probably a little more than
last week.

Brian Gaff (Sofa) explained :
I don't recall but its not that much. One also has to take into account the
cost of processing waste as well, but generally on a meter its good value for
money to get safe drinking water and getting rid of waste.

Around £23 £24 per month in God' Own Country.

1.44 m cubed for 2 retired but with rainwater collection for garden and bogs.

The best reduction measure is, if you've got bogs with big old fashioned cisterns, to put bricks inside or replace. I wince when I visit people and see bogs from the '70's with a single huge and unnecessary flush and they're on a metered supply.

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:58:07 +0100, williamwright
wrote:

I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.


Most of us have a bath or a shower more often than once a season
whether we need it or not.

~200l/day 34cu m in the past 6 months. Just two of us.


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expressed precisely :
The best reduction measure is, if you've got bogs with big old fashioned
cisterns, to put bricks inside or replace.

Then flush two or more times, to get a satisfactory flush. Converting
to a dual flush is a better way to save water.

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:58:07 +0100, williamwright
wrote:

I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Bill
95 cu lites/year averaged over the last 4 years. 2 of us, showers only
(no baths), no car washing, mrs is a keen gardner, so hosepipe use in
dry weather (suplementing 2 water butts).

esOn Sat, 29 Aug 2020 14:06:18 +0100, Davidm
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:58:07 +0100, williamwright
wrote:

I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Bill
95 cu lites/year averaged over the last 4 years. 2 of us, showers only
(no baths), no car washing, mrs is a keen gardner, so hosepipe use in
dry weather (suplementing 2 water butts).
cubic metres, not litres !!!

On Saturday, 29 August 2020 12:44:48 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:58:07 +0100, williamwright
wrote:

I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.


Most of us have a bath or a shower more often than once a season
whether we need it or not.

~200l/day 34cu m in the past 6 months. Just two of us.

Turning the shower water on only while it's wanted has made a huge difference. Most shower water is just wasted.

If you're keen to penny pinch there are lots of ways. Rainwater for bogs, sink & shower water for bogs & garden etc.


NT

On 29/08/2020 14:14, wrote:

Rainwater for bogs,

You obviously don't live in the SE of the country - bugger all rain for
3 months!


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On 29/08/2020 14:55, alan_m wrote:
On 29/08/2020 14:14, wrote:

Rainwater for bogs,

You obviously don't live in the SE of the country - bugger all rain for
3 months!

+1

According to my rain gauge, we had 90mm of rain in around 14 weeks from
the beginning of May. Add to that an 18+metre ash and similar size beech
extracting water from the garden, and so far this year I reckon I've
used about 40 - 50 m^3 mains water on it. I've just had a water meter
fitted to my garden tap to cut down on the waste water cost, as Southern
Water will allow me to subtract that from their bill.

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On 29/08/2020 17:04, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 29/08/2020 14:55, alan_m wrote:
On 29/08/2020 14:14, wrote:
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Rainwater for bogs,

You obviously don't live in the SE of the country - bugger all rain for
3 months!

+1

According to my rain gauge, we had 90mm of rain in around 14 weeks from
the beginning of May.

About 110mm here since the beginning of April and 25mm of that fell in
the last few days in a couple of showers! I lost satellite reception for
around 5 minutes due to rain fade a couple of nights back.

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On Saturday, 29 August 2020 14:55:26 UTC+1, alan_m wrote:
On 29/08/2020 14:14, tabbypurr wrote:

Rainwater for bogs,

You obviously don't live in the SE of the country - bugger all rain for
3 months!

Then 3 months at once. Anywhere in the UK one can use rain for most bogwater. Top up the feed with mains if/when rain runs out.

Greywater is also usable, but it does result in needing to clean more.


NT

On 28/08/2020 21:53:43, williamwright wrote:
On 28/08/2020 21:13, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
williamwright explained on 28/08/2020 :
I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this
group use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Around 1.5 to 1.8 cubic metres per week, that's for two of us.

Thanks guys. Mine is averaging less than a cubic metre per week. It just
seems very low. When my wife was alive and I was nursing her it was five
times that.

I checked the water meter this afternoon and it's working OK.

Perhaps you're simply unclean? :-)

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 06:14:07 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Saturday, 29 August 2020 12:44:48 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:58:07 +0100, williamwright
wrote:

I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.


Most of us have a bath or a shower more often than once a season
whether we need it or not.

~200l/day 34cu m in the past 6 months. Just two of us.

Turning the shower water on only while it's wanted has made a huge difference. Most shower water is just wasted.

If you're keen to penny pinch there are lots of ways. Rainwater for bogs, sink & shower water for bogs & garden etc.

NT

I use rain water for the main, daily, flush - got enough for about 7 weeks
without getting sediment.
Shower is on 3.75kW for 90% of the year, so when the incoming water is cool
a shower takes ~7.5 l and ~0.25kWh.
My useage is ~0.3 cu m/week; would be nearer 0.4 if using the flush more.
During summer '18 I looked at wiring the 2 elements in the shower in series
to give just over 2kW (the shower at 3.75kW was almost painful), but there's
a lot of hard linking via the protective features - might do it without the
case but not in situ.
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On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 11:18:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Saturday, 29 August 2020 14:55:26 UTC+1, alan_m wrote:
On 29/08/2020 14:14, tabbypurr wrote:

Rainwater for bogs,

You obviously don't live in the SE of the country - bugger all rain for
3 months!

Then 3 months at once. Anywhere in the UK one can use rain for most bogwater. Top up the feed with mains if/when rain runs out.

Greywater is also usable, but it does result in needing to clean more.

NT

I use Ecover/BioD/similar stuff in the washing machine, so the 2nd. and 3rd.
rinses would be perfectly OK for garden, flushing etc., if ICBA to do it.

In early '90s I had the H&S Data sheet for Ecover w/u liquid; pH approx. 5.5
neat and under Ingestion "don't drink too much of it at once"! That was
about when Fairy etc. had Bitrex added to stop brats from imbibing it.
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On 28/08/2020 20:58, williamwright wrote:
I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Bill

detached house, 1 person, Yorkshire; mostly showers and water butt for
garden

25 cu me per year
About £200/year

On 31/08/2020 21:21, Allan wrote:
On 28/08/2020 20:58, williamwright wrote:
I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group
use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Bill

detached house, 1 person, Yorkshire; mostly showers and water butt for
garden

25 cu me per year
About £200/year

Seems expensive for water. For that amount I would pay £69/year
and an extra £84/year for sewage.

In the last 12 months I used approx 70 cubic metres, terrace house, one
person and a few miles from the driest part in England. Auto watering of
window boxes from the mains in summer. Some watering of the garden from
the mains. Mostly showers in summer, 1:4 bath:shower in winter.

My cost: water + sewage = approx £260/year

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On 31/08/2020 22:09, alan_m wrote:
On 31/08/2020 21:21, Allan wrote:
On 28/08/2020 20:58, williamwright wrote:
I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this
group use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine seems very low.

Bill

detached house, 1 person, Yorkshire; mostly showers and water butt for
garden

25 cu me per year
About £200/year

Seems expensive for water. For that amount I would pay £69/year
and an extra £84/year for sewage.

In the last 12 months I used approx 70 cubic metres, terrace house, one
person and a few miles from the driest part in England. Auto watering of
window boxes from the mains in summer. Some watering of the garden from
the mains. Mostly showers in summer, 1:4 bath:shower in winter.

My cost: water + sewage = approx £260/year

You seem to have an attractive rate!

I averaged figures my figures above over a longer period.

If I use the most recent 4 quarterly bills (12 months) (to June 2020)
I used 26 cu me for £205 (water and sewerage)

It seems my £ per cu met has remained steady at about £8 per cu met over
a long ish period.

Standing charges can make a disproportionate (large) effect for low
usage (my standing charges are approx 66% of my total bill). My
supplier, Yorks Water, doesn't have a low use tariff; e.g. Anglian
Water used to have a Solow tariff but they ceased that tariff in 2015.
https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/accou...charges/solow/
Perhaps there should be an obligation for water companies to provide an
incentive tariff for low use to save water?

Perhaps it's time for some competition with being able to switch water
suppliers (as there is with gas and electric) for domestic customers.
It gets talked about but never seems to happen for domestic customers
(it's happened for commercial customers).
https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/households/...hangesupplier/