Water Meter
We recently used the water meter usage calculator on United Utilities website to see if we could save on our Domestic Unmeasured account which is based on rateable value of the house, we live in a four bedroom house, but as there is usually only the two of us, we don’t use as much water as we once did. Although they all pop home from time to time!
We found out we could be saving around £185 per year so decided that we gave it a go
The new meter was fitted in about an hour & was one of the new Automatic Meter Reading ones (AMR) & it is a water meter that can be read remotely rather than by an individual who visits your home, a smart water meter, so no waiting in for a man (or woman) to come & read the meter.
If we are not happy with the water meter we can go back to our previous Domestic Unmeasured account, United Utilities gives us two years to decide, after the two years are up there is no going back.
I think this could be useful for Great Nanna Doll, as she is on her own, so doesn’t use much water at all. I think I will have to discuss it with her.
Are you on a water meter? Have you found it a money saving exercise? How much could you save if you used the water usage calculator?
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Debate is still open on this -so many pros and cons
We saved over £400 in the last 12 months, well worth it for us. But not for everyone. x Jane
I would love a water meter but I think it would cause too any arguments in our house as others are very penny pinching about the most trivial things
Good post. I have always wondered about this since I moved in to my new home.
We’re moving house later this month and thick this may be the time for us to change to a water meter. Interesting article
We are saving a lot each month now with it, but it was the idea that you have two years to decide & if you don’t like it or it isn’t saving you money you got back to the bills, that was what made us go for it.
Best of luck with the house move. x
We have a water metre and find it really beneficial! As a family of four we need to save what we can and it does help! X
Really like the idea of this and a 2 year opt out choice is a reasonable time for consumers to make a choice x
That is the thing that appealed to us, we had looked in the past but didn’t want to commit then find out we would be paying more when the idea was to save us money. x
I have just changed over to a water meter so hopefully that will work out cheaper for me.
We were put on the new tariff about 4 days after the water meter was fitted and at the moment it is saving us approximately £16 per month. 😉
Not on a water meter, but it sounds like a good idea. I think being aware of how much water you’re using is important and I’m sure if I was aware how much we use I’d be shocked and try to use less. We tried to sign up for an electric meter at our old house, but they had a problem with setting it up where we were.. might have to revisit the idea now we’re settled in our new house.
We don’t have a water metre but the idea of being able to change back if you don’t like it makes it very appealing to try out.
That’s why we thought we would give it a try, having the option to return to normal billing was important to us.