Water meters

[mudskipper]

You don't need to refill the swimming pool every day - once a week should suffice.


I think the danger with water meters is that they encourage unhygienic behaviour!

[SueEllen]

Mine uses 59 litres per wash.

just looked on Bosch website, found one using 48 litres (basic model) and a super-duper one that uses 39 litres. So for 4 washes per week (quite high) I could save 80 litres a week = 4160 litres per year = 4 cubic metres

at a cost of approx £3 per cubic metre (supply and sewerage) I'd save only £12 !

Can this be right? Seems a tiny saving

How much electricity do they save?

[d000hg]

Read Dune and see if it affects your water usage...

[Platypus]

Welsh Water charge £1.3312 per cubic metre.

And £1.6554 per cubic metre for the stuff with lumps in.

Yes but remember that the stuff with lumps in is not metered - it's deemed to be 90% of your consumption, making water usage cost about £3 per cubic meter.

[Platypus]

You don't need to refill the swimming pool every day - once a week should suffice.

I am an aquatic creature, after all. Got to breath you know!

[Flubster]

Not looking forward to our first bill (had meter installed 3 months ago). Two adults and two teenagers. Each of us showers in the morning. One bath every night. Washing machine constantly on (or so it seems), dishwasher once a night.

We were paying £54/month (Southern Water). I'm guessing that will double...at least....

[evilagent]

I was thinking about this just the other month.

What percentage of our water gets used to flush loos?

I wonder if some recycling process whereby coarsely filtered shower-water or dishwasher water could be used to fill cisterns for flushing?

It's a shame that all the water-processing, cleansing, filtering, etc, gets literally flushed away.

We tend to take for granted simple things like clean water.

[Platypus]

How much electricity do they save?

Hard to get a direct comparison, but the water efficient model I looked at says it uses an estimated 179kWh per year based on 220 standard washes.

179kwH costs approx £27

If this machine uses half the energy of my current machine then clearly I can save £27 on electricity and £12 on water, say £40 per year.

The machine costs £389 giving me a 9.7 year ROI. Taking increasing energy costs into account, I'm probably looking at 5-7 years.

Humm ok I think I'll stick with my old machine for now.

[hyperD]

Yes but remember that the stuff with lumps in is not metered - it's deemed to be 90% of your consumption, making water usage cost about £3 per cubic meter.

WPS.

The sewerage costs are a proportion of the water you consume, so look into minimising the consumption (things from my previous post as an example).

For those that don't have those eco-loos, try a couple of concrete blocks in the cistern.

And don't keep the taps running when you clean your teeth.

And only boil your kettle with the appropriate amount of water required - not a full kettle (saves on leccy as well).

Kettle, tumble dryer and a fistful of lights are the biggest consumers of leccy btw.

[evilagent]

WPS.

The sewerage costs are a proportion of the water you consume, so look into minimising the consumption (things from my previous post as an example).

For those that don't have those eco-loos, try a couple of concrete blocks in the cistern.

And don't keep the taps running when you clean your teeth.

And only boil your kettle with the appropriate amount of water required - not a full kettle (saves on leccy as well).

Kettle, tumble dryer and a fistful of lights are the biggest consumers of leccy btw.

Whilst the kettle, dryer, are used sporadically, the fridge/freezer is on constantly 24/7.

I reckon that eats through loads of leccy.