Water bills for two people

[what..the?]

we're out during the day so were talking two showers a day, powerful ones but not powershower btw. washing machine and toilets use recycled water. Bill for a quater £110-£165 does that seem steep I have to get a small reduction because of the recycled water I shouldn't pay all the surface run off fee within sewage. Does this seem high it is metered with south west water thanks

[dennisb66]

We are also with Yorkshire Water,my water bill for 2011-2012 is £318 non metered.We are also pensioners but I don't think that makes any difference.

[theshedman]

Hi, I know a lot of you are saying this is very high but as I said in my earlier post what..the? is with South West Water and they have the highest water prices in the country as I know from personal experience. My parents live in Wales and they pay half what I do. Our bill for this year is £900 but that is not metered. I was told that if I went on a meter I would pay even more as there are 4 of us living in the house.

[jamesnan]

Apparently if there are more bedrooms than people in the house, then it would not be cheaper to be on a water meter, but for two of us, at home all day, our bill is £12 per month,being on one with 3 Valleys Water. Before we had it installed, we were asked to pay £26 per month, and that was 3 years ago, so must be more now.Your bill seems excessive.

[rabbitygirl]

I was suspicious we were paying too much in our metered property. I made some enquiries with a friend who worked in the local water co but she said it sounded ok. A month or 2 later I was contacted by the water co who said my water bills were high considering the size of the property. They installed a new meter, they phoned 3 months later for a reading from me and worked out the correct charge. My bills halved and I was repaid the overcharge since moving in.
I believe South West water are about the most expensive supplier but all the same a call to them may get you more info and possibly an investigation.

[what..the?]

thanks everyone I will give me water company a call my next door neighbour (exact same style of house and fittings) their water bill is the same but there are 5 people living there to our two people, they have one person home all day, and with children likely lots of washing.

[Memore]

mine is £13 per month in a house with two of us on a meter - showers every day quite often twice a day - not power shower = dont think we have recycled water= washing machine probably 6 washes per week as we only do weekend - we don't watch what we use particularly but we don't leave tap running whist cleaning teeth but that's about it - Mine is Thames Water and i live in London