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    • CommentAuthorRex
    • CommentTime7 hours ago
     
    What ho one and all,

    The headline on the front of today's Telegraph is what can only be described as 'surge pricing' for water during droughts. The aim is to encourage us to use less water.

    This really anger me as we have a 6k liter rainwater collection tank and apart fro the fact that I'm not paying for incoming and by default, sewerage charges for using that water, I am unlikely to get any consideration for the fact that I am using less treated water than most houses.

    With all the building regs we have in place, surely it makes sense that every new build, whether single houses or estates, must have a large rainwater collection to be used for toilet flushing. After all, every new build has to have a large soak-away, so why not collect that water before it goes to the soak-away?

    It is absolute madness to flush expensively treated, potable water down the lavatory.

    Now I'm off my soapbox!!
    • CommentAuthorphiledge
    • CommentTime6 hours ago
     
    The "consideration" you'll get is lower bills? Save your rain water til drought pricing kicks in and use it then.

    Much like a household battery charged when eleccy is abundant and cheap, then used when the price is higher. Think yourself lucky that you built your water battery when you did:)
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    A surprising number of properties don't have water meters, and very few of the ones that do are 'smart meters' that could differentiate pricing water during one time from another.

    The UK really does need to get everyone onto smart water meters, but given all the hissy fits about fitting smart energy meters, expect that to take a long time!

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