[tightswerve]

Hi guys
Not been on here for a while (wife started up hair salon)
Been catching up on topics posted! Very interesting.

Seems every one going to wfp!   

Seriously considering one and have been pricing up bits and pieces. But can any one tell me if I’m to produce my own water overnight (say a 75 gallon system) what is going to happen to my water bills? How much goes down the drain in waste?(i am on meter  )

Thanks guys Steve

[AuRavelling79]

I'm not on a meter but in answer to "how much goes down the drain?" 2 to1 - i.e. 2 litres waste for every litre produced in my case.

[petski2]

Hi Steve,I started with wfp about 9 months ago and my water bill has always been 22 quid a month.It has now just gone up to 38 a month.
However as has been said before if you are using more water you are earning more money.

[tightswerve]

Thanks for replies guys. 

The old lady that lived here before had the meter fitted to save money(living on her own make sense i guess)

SO CAN I GET METER TAKEN OUT OR WILL IT HAVE TO STAY NOW?

Steve   

[Rob_B]

We moved into a house last year with a water meter and I've got to say that I had the shock of my life when I got the first water bill.

Averaging out at £100 a month, we are now moving in a couple of months.

We have the same company for water and sewerage so 90% of the water we useis billed for sewerage which costs more than the actual water!!!

Price for water 89.42p cubic meter

Sewerage 108.33p cubic meter

Plus standing charge

This is with Anglian water.

[replacement]

Make sure you pick your RO unit correctly. Some will produce loads of waste to pure sometimes as high as 5:1 ( 5 litres of Waste to 1 litre of Pure water) and some will be alot less. Mine is .6 litres of Pure Water per min to 0.25 litres of waste per min. A good RO unit will be 1:1 ratio. So take some time before you pick a cheap RO unit that produces the amout of water you need, as long term this might cost you a arm and a leg on a metre compared to spending some good money on a RO unit in the first place.

Justin

[Rob_B]

Yep, I agree, unfortunately with our tap water being so bad (1019 ppm) I needed a unit that perfomed at 98% to help reduce resin costs as well. Ratio 3 waste to 1 pure water, it was a lose lose situation.

Still we are moving to a house with no water meter in a couple of months.

[s.hughes]

Can you not put the waste from the filter into a container obviously a large one and then filter that through so that you end up with very little waste??

[gaza]

rob 1000+ sure your not plumbed into the sewage works
good talking that man save your water to use again ???why didnt I think of that oh cus I use 2 D I tanks,but phone Andrews water up they will test your water and recommend a ro unit or at least help to sort your problem out.seen recommended  a ro unit at Ro man site 1x1 been stated by people in this forum

[thebouncingbunny]

once your on a meter your stuffed and whats more there are moves afoot to ensure everyone is on a meter in the future.the cynic would suggest this is cos droughts produce smaller bills for those on a meter....
bunny

[s.hughes]

I think bouncingbunny is right. We will all soon be on water meters and it is this that has put me off buying one of these systems.

[Ian_Giles]

It's going to be a long time until we are all put on water meters, and the extra income you can generate with WFP will outweigh any extra cost in water charges.
How much is a squeegee rubber? Some change their rubbers every day, not me I might hasten to add
A £1.00 or £2.00 a day cost isn't much of a burden really is it? And thats if you are using upwards of a full cubic meter a day Well ok, less than that because of the waste water produced.
Will also depend whether you are on main sewage or septic/cesspit.
And of course what your own particular water board charge you.

Ian

[s.hughes]

It's going to be a long time until we are all put on water meters, and the extra income you can generate with WFP will outweigh any extra cost in water charges.
How much is a squeegee rubber? Some change their rubbers every day, not me I might hasten to add
A £1.00 or £2.00 a day cost isn't much of a burden really is it? And thats if you are using upwards of a full cubic meter a day Well ok, less than that because of the waste water produced.
Will also depend whether you are on main sewage or septic/cesspit.
And of course what your own particular water board charge you.

Ian

Hi Ian, You are not on a water meter are you? I'm sure in some other post you mentioned that you were not because one of the posts mentioned their meter costs were 300 a quarter, you were shocked by this.

Steveyboy

[gaza]

HI ALL:Iphoned my local water board up complaining why am I charged a sewage rate when the water im putting back into the ground is cleaner than the water we drink nearly?the phone went dead?

[Rob_B]

I got my new water bill this morning, and thank god it was loads lower than I had anticipated.

Last october we got a bill for £210 from the 1st August. I nearly had a heart attack, especially as we were on holiday for a month in that time.

I was expecting this one to be about £500 for oct to april. I have been making as little water as possible to help keep down costs.

Guess what?  They massively overpriced my first bill.

I now have to apologise for scaring off all you people on meters thinking of going to wfp. Looks like my bill will only be around £400 for the whole year now.

[matt]

i got my mine today aswell

90 quif extra for the 6 months, baragin indeed

[Ian_Giles]

Steveyboy,

Darn tootin' I was shocked £300 a quarter is a huge bill, I pay less than half that for a full year!
By and large it seems the actual charge for a cubic metre of water is around the 80p mark, and from reading what others have posted regards cost (Rob_B to name but one) the real cost might amount to somewhere between £1.00 and £2.00 a day for the individual WFP'er on a meter, less again if he is on a cess pit or septic tank.
This cost is no more than some trad guys who change their squeegee rubbers daily.
If you were paying £300 per quarter you would be better off using DI only and filling up at a customers house as you go along.

Ian

[s.hughes]

Yup I think that I would fill up at one of my late night office cleans

[tightswerve]

Lots of info thanks guys!

A couple of u say you'll get water from other sources.

I was under impression to purify water using RO system it has to come out of pressure in tap not from a container etc.

Can any one throw light on this?

Bit thick as I have yet to buy one or see one in operation But if it is possible I’ll just nip next door as they have no meter! 

Steve