Therefore it is owned equally by each person and animal inhabiting the planet. Adapted from CONSERVE WATER GEORGIA (2009) It is often useful to appoint a person in charge of coordinating the water reduction process. Anyway, I had a really interesting email off Tim Lund who is the Development Officer of Kent House Leisure Gardens about the amounts of money allotment sites are paying now and how they can save or get a rebate. ©2020 H2O Building Services. There are sizes above and below a 50mm meter and if you are seeking to reduce the size of your existing water meter to reduce your annual standing charges most sites can reduce meter size by 50% giving on average a 50% reduction in standing charges or more. Obviously reducing your metered standing charges in Scotland has more impact so be advised to check our your standing charges in each water company area, the main water companies with large standing charges are: –. Take expert advice from a water consultancy firm in order to guide you through the process and help you complete a feasibility study. Water charges 2020-21: A guide for household customers. We also examine a nifty piece of kit to measure water volumes passing through pipes without cutting into the pipe and fitting water meters- A clamp on meter You cannot reduce water untill you can measure it. Did you know your Waste Water & Trade Effluent charges are much more than your water in more than DOUBLE in most cases so why do you accept estimated charges? We are first timers so any info would be a great help. The management and service for collecting and delivering water in pipes should be run by’not for profit’ organisations with no fat cats or shareholders. What Is Microsoft Doing To Improve Its Water Footprint? A very informative discussion between yours truly, Nick Butt Head Of Water Services @ Water Retailer Yu Water part of the Yu Energy Group and David Leigh Marketing Director @ Micronics relating to Waste Water & Trade Effluent charging. There’s been a lot of concern amongst the allotment community about ‘non residential water charges‘ and quite a long discussion on this can be found on the forums: Water Charges Threat to Allotments. Your email address will not be published. If you have hydrants or fire supplies connected to your metered water supply you can still apply to downsize your meter but it will be classed as a notional downsize, if applicable the existing meter will stay in situ and the standing charges will be reduced to the applicable meter size dependant on actual use, flow rate and demand on paper so will not effect fire capability. H2O Building Services8a Rishworth StreetWakefieldWF1 3BY, Switch Water Supplier – Water Self-Supply. Example: – In Scotland a 25mm water meter standing charge is £ 425 per year for water and £ 445 per year for waste water = £ 870 per annum for the standing charge. If you were to downsize your water meter by 50% to say a 25mm meter the reduced annual standing charges would be. The water services regulation authority, Ofwat, estimates metering can reduce household water consumption by more than 20pc. Example: – In Southern Water a 50mm water meter standing charge is £ 148 per year for water and £ 545 per year for waste water = £ 693 per annum for the standing charge. I’ve edited the email slightly to make it more generally applicable. Waste water experts.