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[Marks DTM Calib]

Nah, we dont need your northern water, we already nick it from the sheep shaggers in Derbyshire

[RobG]

Well the kids have the occasional bath, we have a monster power shower, I top the pond up, I wash the cars and I do water the garden.

So, unless your REALY silly it can be much the same (unless your ina  small house I guess!)

I personaly think EVERYBODY should have them.

Do also beware that if you use a sprinkler (which is classed as an auto watering device) or have a pool or hot tub (classed as a large bath) then your provider can install a meter and force you to be billed via the meter.

Nah. In Yorkshire we've got water coming out of our ears. I have heard we may start exporting it to, say, Notts and charging them for it.

That`s because you`ve got a big void to fill between them

[Tony H]

My neighbour has a water meter, I do not. In the summer, I p!ss him off by going out and leaving my sprinkler going in the garden.
If he really upsets me I'm going to leave it on while I go on holiday next year.

If you did that and I was your neighbour I would be straight over the fence and taking a branch off your hose to  water my lawn!

[Mrs Cakey]

My neighbour has a water meter, I do not. In the summer, I p!ss him off by going out and leaving my sprinkler going in the garden.
If he really upsets me I'm going to leave it on while I go on holiday next year.

If you did that and I was your neighbour I would be straight over the fence and taking a branch off your hose to  water my lawn!

Fixed that for you

[Taxi_Driver]

I was paying £340/year for water rates......so i complained to Thames Water and asked for a meter to be fitted.....They did a site survey....and decided it was uneconomical for them to fit one to my property. So they adjusted my bill to £170/year.....im pleased with that 

Esp as I use quite a lot of water for my veg patch (about 20ft away on council land, is a line of very large  trees, and unless it rains every day the trees soak up the water leaving my veg patch bone dry)

[albitz]

I would just put the hose through his letter box and leave it there until he came back.

[lastmadrich]

As working on sites for half my life imo if it just you wife and dog there are benfits for a meter but as said if you have a family rates are the way to go as for us I'd be bankrupt in a month on meter 4 baths a night at 80lts god knows how many toilet flushes at 5lts a time then there the 3 or 4 loads in washer that's just for starters hope this helps 

[STMO123]

As working on sites for half my life imo if it just you wife and dog there are benfits for a meter but as said if you have a family rates are the way to go as for us I'd be bankrupt in a month on meter 4 baths a night at 80lts god knows how many toilet flushes at 5lts a time then there the 3 or 4 loads in washer that's just for starters hope this helps 

The fuel costs for that would bankrupt me.

[pscocoa]

My neighbour has a water meter, I do not. In the summer, I p!ss him off by going out and leaving my sprinkler going in the garden.
If he really upsets me I'm going to leave it on while I go on holiday next year.

If you fit an irrigation system you can leave it on while you are away  - I don't water the lawns but I do have all the borders, pots, planters, hanging baskets covered - doesn't use much if system set correctly ... No meter of course for me until they catch up with me but then just 2 of us now as kids flown the nest years ago.

[lastmadrich]

Lol stm yea our kids won't sleep unless they bathed we fitted a wood burning stove couple of years back to help with fuel cost glad we did at latest energy increase prices and all because the energy company's got profit hungery and didn't invest in sustainablety of country's energy needs make us pay more to use less I.e maintain profit margin and keep demand down lol don't get me started on that subject 

[redelitev6]

  Just waiting for the time when meters are compulsory, 6 of us in the house so you can imagine the bath/shower/wc water usage, not to mention car washes, garden watering etc , ironic thing is we have Keilder water just up the road which was specially made for the now non-existant local steel industry.

[freecall666]

our bill is £29 a month, and we have a meter.

[aaronjb]

According to my bill I used 31 cubic metres of water in the six months up to July, so that's a whole £30 worth..

Of course the standing charge, waste water charge (also charged at 31 cubic metres!) and waste water standing charge add another £52.. Roughly £13 a month all told. Hardly breaking the bank for me.