What is your water bill?

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I realise this has likely be done to death but how much do you spend per person, per month or how many litres do you use?

Its just DH and myself. We both WFH so are here ALL day though. I do 1 load of wash and 1 load in the dishwasher per week (on average). We have a 5000litre tank buried in the garden which takes all water from the roof, so very rarely use the mains water outside. We don't wash the car and always have showers.

Today's bill is £307 for 6mths. The companies home page says we use 173L each per day, but on the bill its 128L each. Its £26 a month each- which doesn't sound too much, but they say we are using above average for 2 people. Are we? What do you pay?

I pay £23 a month for adult DS and myself - that includes about 4 loads of washing a week.

That’s really not a very nice response! ‘I imagine you don’t exercise……’ seriously?????

I’m with Severn Trent Water paying £32 a month on a water meter. There are two of us living in a 3 bed detached. Washing machine used approximately 4 times a week, we have 3 dogs and have to wash their throws and rub down towels regularly, otherwise they stink. Dishwasher every other day, I love a bath a couple of them times a week, hubby has a shower every day. Use the hose to water the plants in the warmer months.

My sister in law lives in Northern Ireland, they don’t pay for domestic water, I believe it’s owned by the government.

£56 per month to those robbing bstrds Thames Water. Was £37 a year ago.

lol thanks for the defence! If it were true I might feel a bit seen, but since it couldn’t be further from the truth I thought the poster’s reaction was quite hilarious. So OTT.

Wow I’m shocked by some of these prices. We’re on a meter and pay c£300 per 6 months. 4 of us, washing machine and dishwasher both on daily and multiple baths and showers had daily. Water plants in summer and also have an inflatable hot tub that we fill a few times a year. We’re in the midlands.

On a meter 2 of us 2 showers a day 3 laundries a week - retired £23 month

Again - you need a better imagination! I only do 4-6 work shifts a month. Not every day, silly!

Then it appears to me that perhaps your habit is exaggeration rather than having a very busy life.

how nice it must be to have all the time to do these activities.

Three of us and I run the washing machine pretty much every day, heavy wash for jeans, trousers heavy jumpers high spin, ordinary wash for shirts, tee shirts, night clothes and underwear + odd bits, then towels, tablecloths, tea towels, sheets, pillowcases and duvet covers, and once every so often (summer) bedspreads and curtains. Some days may not be a full load but limited drying space in winter so tend to do what's there even if it's not a full load. I do it on night rate electric, economy cycles and the machine calculates how much water is needed for the wash.

Mine runs very early in the morning then clean washing sorted put to dry while pottering about doing breakfast, so really takes little dedicated time, usually done and dusted by 6:30am.

I’m impressed. Will take notes for if my family grows :)

1 load of washing a week! Sorry I’ll try & get past that comment , but my water bill is standing charges and waste water etc so like gas and electric you will be paying a set amount before you even start .

Just checked. £91 flippin quid!! I honestly thought it was about £60.

On a meter. Currently 4 adults living here. I hate Southern Water with a vengeance!

We've just received our water bill for the past six months this morning. It's £211.00. According to the meter readings, we've used 34m³ in that time.

It's just me and DH. We're with Southeast Water. We pay £37 a month by direct debit.

Anglian Water, 2 of us, £26 a month. We both have about 50% of our showers at the gym, so that saves a bit, I guess. Dishwasher 3 - 4 times a week, washing machine 4 times, water butts for rain and grey water, so rarely need water for the garden.

Then you’re not a typical person working full time are so you can’t really compare as your lifestyle is quite different from the majority of people.

perhaps you need a better imagination when considering other people’s lives?

Currently £25 and have been informed it'll be £21.50 from January

I run my washing machine about 4 times a week and there's only 2 of us at home now (and no horses). Sounds normal to me.

Ours has just been contacted to a water meter as part of a United utilities trial. We don’t have to keep it after the trial and go back to just the traditional billing. But we basically pay the lowest of the two. Considering the traditional billing is £74 monthly!!

Weve already been adjusted to £51 direct debit after two months of them reading usage!

2 adults, 3/4 washes a week lights/darks/bedding and towels. I feel that’s pretty normal I’m in healthcare so is fresh clean every day i have enough for my four shifts. We don’t have a dishwasher and i have the odd bath.

Not metered. 1 bed flat. Thames Water £53 per month
Was paying £29 per month then they put their prices up around April/May time

Another Cornish victim of South West Water's gouging prices. We also pay £80+ per month for two people who have showers only, run dishwasher once a day and use the washing machine maybe three times a week max. But Devon and Cornwall have the longest coastlines and probably the most tourists which drives up the overheads.

Are you on a meter or based on the rateable value of your property? That can make a huge difference. You might also be able to get a reduction on your wastewater charge if your surface water doesn’t discharge to the sewer network.

110-140 a month. 5 kids, 2 adults. Multiple laundry loads, multiple bathrooms. I've heard worse!

£307 =£51 per month. I pay around £33 per month and there are 2 adults at home, but only one of us is at home most of the time. Are you on a water meter? We are, so £51 per month is a lot imo.

Jesus!!!!!