[Dazzler3370]

new house I'm moving into has got water meter. Doesn't look like I can have it removed.
I'm currently producing 500 litres a day 5 days a week.
Does anyone have an idea how much my bill will be.
Also isn't there something I can get fitted for the waste water to go back into the system or something.

Cheers

Dazzler

[Smudger]

Water is charged by the m2 - (1000liters) the cost depends on your water company but visit their website
So 500 pure per day plus 500 in waste is 1 m2 (  70 odd pence )

You can fit a meter of your own and show the water company this only goes to producing water and I think you then get a rebate on sewer rates.

Darran

[Spruce]

Water is charged by the m2 - (1000liters) the cost depends on your water company but visit their website
So 500 pure per day plus 500 in waste is 1 m2 (  70 odd pence )

You can fit a meter of your own and show the water company this only goes to producing water and I think you then get a rebate on sewer rates.

Darran

Hi Darran,

I have always been a bit confused with this. I have never looked into it as I'm not on a meter.

Where we live on the coast we have only one sewer where all waste water is channeled to; ie. sewerage and rain water from off the roof.  So if a windie is returning the waste water to the drain (as we do) then that is still going to sewerage and needs to be treated.
Guisborough, an inland market town close to where we live has a sewerage processing system and discharges the treated sewerage back into the river that joins the sea at Saltburn beach. When Guisborough has heavy rains, the sewerage system overflows and we can  get raw sewerage down the river and onto the beach. So apart from new builds, the old section of town still has a single pipe sewerage system.

I understand the all new builds are automatically fitted with water meters and have 2 separate waste systems, sewerage and rainwater (grey water?) So I would have thought that logically this rebate could only apply if the waste water goes into a grey sewage pipe.

(I tried to redirect r/o waste onto the garden. I thought it was successful until I found that the neighbours garden slightly lower than ours were being flooded out.  )

[Clever Forum Name]

The waste water need to go grass or gravel not the drains.

Loads of posts on here about it.

[Smudger]

I don't know all the ins and outs, like you home water is not metered now I'm in s commercial unit I have a meter but lower rate than domestic services.

It seems crazy that the water board are happier for people to disperse water over the garden than back into the sewage system

Darran

[robert mitchell]

You can still claim non return to sewer for the pure you produce .

So if you are using 1000 liters to produce 500 liters you can claim non return for the 500 in your tank.

You can fit a meter on the pure side of your ro to measure it accurately.