To ask how much is your water bill? If you are on a meter

We had a leak that started slow 3ltr an hour. By the time we found it was something like 50ltrs an hour. It was after the meter obviously but before our property line so they had to pay to fix and cover the bill. Was kind of ahh though getting an email while on holiday that you are using water every hour of the day when away. They had buggered the pipe when they installed the smart meter 🙄 and it was leaking under the drive way so not visible.

Are you including sewerage? Southern has relatively low water rates but super high sewerage rates.

Is this a metered bill?

Try turning it off overnight and take a video of the meter (as a time stamp) and a couple of photos. Then turn the water back on in the morning and again another video and photos.
The meter moves really slowly when you have a drip type leak (my ball valve in the loft had gone on my heating expansion tank and water was dripping out of a pipe in the eaves). Invisible in the winter but noticed during the dry summer!).

I live alone, 2 bed flat, tiny garden - I've had a water meter for around 15 years I think.

My DD varied between £19-25 per month and that covered the eventual annual cost - no build up of credit/debit.

Thames Water have recently put up the DD to £47!

I even go to the swimming baths every day to take a shower (I do swim as well!) to try to cut down on the cost. I can't say how much I hate the thieving buggerluggers!

I can't recall offhand but I know the standing charge is >> the metered charges.
I live alone, travel a lot, sometimes shower at work, don't flush every time, etc.

I grew up in a place of water scarcity.

In 2023 ours was 110 a month. 4 bed house, 3 kids 2 adults

I think Thames Water, Yorkshite Water and Northumbrian Water are trying to pay off heavy fines for sewage leaks:

Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water face £168 million penalty following sewage investigation - Ofwat

£72 a month. Too blooming much, and charged by one of the biggest polluters in the country, whose chief executive has just received a £1.3 million bonus. There are two of us and we live in a two up, two down housing association property with a garden the size of a postage stamp. I have raised concerns, but this company has a monopoly. There are no other providers.

£5 pm. With Southern Water.

Just seen that I put £180 in my post last night...should be £160 😒

I cant get over the differences in what everyone is paying! And as has been pointed out, its so bad that you cant shop around/do anything about it.

£15 month. Live alone

Thames Water are thieving bastards.

They insist on charging me £94 a month for a family of three. We don’t use excessive amounts of water at all.

It goes into credit all the time and then when I ask them for it back they think up some excuse about using it for future bills.

It is certainly my experience.
I live alone in a 4 bed house, have 2 garden water butts but in summers like this I do sometimes have to use the hose. Had a meter installed about 7 or 8 years ago. At that point I was paying 67 a month unmetered ( Welsh Water). With the meter I now pay around 23 per month. I've saved thousands having a meter installed. When mine was fitted there was an agreement that if you didn't save money in the first 12 months they would take your meter out, not sure if that still exists.

Check your toilet make sure its not constantly filling

Similar to mine but only 2 bed

We are in the wettest area of England. How am I paying the most????

This is why there's no use at all in just comparing the monthly bill - just none! You need to look at the unit rates & useage.

And just be grateful you aren't in Cornwall cos we get SHAFTED here

I'm not on a meter, or am I? 🤔 Honestly I don't know.
I spoke to the water company two days ago as apparently I am using over £300 each month!!
They said to turn the water off and leave it for thirty mins. Then go outside and the numbers to see if they are moving. If they're not then there's no leak. But that doesn't make sense to me. Surely if I shut the water off then all leaks will stop?!
Anyway I did as they said but the numbers weren't moving. I checked the neighbours meters too, as they are all lined up in a neat line right next to mine, but there's weren't moving either! Now I'm assuming they've all got their water on!
This is the first time in my entire life that I have ever seen a meter thing Andi have literally no idea what else to do.
But, I did write the numbers down and I shall be checking them in a few days time to see if they have moved much. But even then, I'm not happy to be told I am using that much water when I know I'm not! I literally have one shower a day and do one set of dishes a day.
The washing machine is on prob twice or three times a week.
I am refusing to pay it. It's ridiculous.

Ours has just gone up to 65 a month. SE England

I'm quite aware hardly anyone in Scotland has a meter.
I live alone and I'm generally careful with water use and I'm not wasteful but I'm a keen gardener with a good sized garden and i water it regularly in dry weather. Whenever I water it I'm aware that if I did have a water meter I would need to consider the cost.
Thats why the thread has quite shocked me about how much people pay for water.

£61 per month.
Last year it was £24 per month.
We received a lovely letter from Thames Water saying thank you for halving our water usage on the previous year but we are putting your bill up to £61 anyway! 🤬
2 adults, water meter. Sw London.
huge water butt for garden.

£27 per month. Two adults and a large garden that has needed watering in the summer, were with Northumbrian Water.

Thanks water 2 people £40 per month