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

[Florence4170]

Just that! - how much is your monthly bill please?

It was £65 I protested it, gone done to £59 1 adult and 2 small kids something is definitely wrong

We are in the NW.
One adult, one child. I use dishwasher every 2/3 days. Washing machine every other day. 1 x brief shower each every day. No leaks etc.
I pay £72 per month.
Something’s not right. How is this fair?

North West isn’t even on this scale.

£40 3 adults and 2 children ( 1 teen)

My neighbour lives alone in a 3 bed house. She pays £8 per month. I don’t know how, either. It started off at £18 and they reduced it.

I think it tailored the reponse based on my location, so didn't include the whole country, just nearby regions for comparison

Can I borrow her for a few months please? She can come and do her rain dance or whatever she does! 😜

But you use much more per person than in England and hardly anyone in Scotland is has a meter.

Thanks water 2 people £40 per month

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Similar to mine but only 2 bed

Check your toilet make sure its not constantly filling

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.

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.

£15 month. Live alone

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.

£5 pm. With Southern Water.

£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.

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