Help, Please.

[Chris38]

Two curiosities. 1. What does the reference "Includes FYI daily" mean - it appears sometimes in programme guides for films on TV. 2. There has been some mention recently about allowing customers to change their water supplier but this is considered unlikely to happen as the potential savings are only about £6 per annum. In this context, it was stated that the average UK domestic water bill is about £330 per annum. Does this include sewerage charges? Our annual bill for a metered supply for a two-person household with modest usage is over £600 per annum including wastewater disposal.

[gangesboy]

1. fyi = for your information and here is the information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FYI_Daily

[aelmpvw]

Our annual bill for a metered supply for a two-person household is £214!

[Chris38]

Many thanks, gangesboy. I have never seen this 60-second information supply- probably because we always record films of interest and fast forward through the adverts without giving them so much as a glance!

[Chris38]

Many thanks, aelmpvw. I am starting to be rather concerned - does your figure include wastewater disposal? If it does, then I am truly baffled as to why our bill is about three times yours. We are quite economical - no garden watering except from rainwater butts, no car washing etc. Perhaps we should have a professional investigation to see if there are any water leakages anywhere -----

[scorpiojo]

Do you not have a water meter fitted, Chris

[scorpiojo]

^?

[hc4361]

Chris, the costs of water supply and sewerage charges vary wildly across the country, dependent on the supplier.

Who supplies your services?

[dannyk13]

I have a water meter fitted and my annual bill(approx) is £144

[Chris38]

Just returned to my PC , so many thanks for all the replies. Replying to questions - yes, we do have a water meter fitted (about 3 years ago) and our total charges are about £100 a year less than the old rateable value-based system. Our supplier is United Utilities so maybe there would be worthwhile savings if switching became possible.

[Prudie]

We pay about £450 pa for two of us on a meter. That's with Wessex Water.

[fiction-factory]

No, you'd only make a saving of £15 pa at most, I suggest, and probably nearer the £6 figure. The only way to make big savings are to (a) do a leak test and (b) target a reduction of 10% in water usage over the next 12 months

[hc4361]

I pay around £190 a year in total for water and sewerage.