Should we pay to use tap water in our houses?

Question

Do we not pay already? Does this merley lead to metering, more paperwork and higher costs?

Answer 1

Obviously we have to pay - water company workers need to be paid, pipes need to be maintained, sewage works need to be built, and so on. The question is only HOW we pay.

Which way to pay is fairest? That depends on your definition of fair.

Metering means that you pay for what you use: that's the way we pay for most things (you don't pay "petrol rates" and then take as much as you like at the pumps). But it doesn't take into account the ability to pay, and everybody needs water - though in theory we only need:
3 litres each per day to drink;
3 litres to cook with;
1 litre to brush your teeth;
6 litres to flush the toilet (say 3 times per day);
3-minute shower - about 60 litres - maybe twice a week;
A full washing machine load - about 120 litres - say twice a week per person;
Washing up - 20 litres per day

That's a total of less than 700 litres of water a week. At 0.2 pence per litre, that's only £1.40's worth of water per person per week, which should be within anyone's reach.

So why are my water bills so high? I suppose I must waste a lot. I take baths sometimes instead of showers, and I shower more than is necessary for basic hygeine. I have a dishwasher. I water my garden. I let the tap run while I clean my teeth. But I don't NEED to do any of that. So if I do it, I should pay for it.

Answer 2

NO, definitely not, we already pay for it in our rates, metering is just another way of getting even more money out of us.
my son and daughter both have meters in their houses and both have small children, paddling pools and deep baths are a thing of the past now for them, and sometimes a bath has to be substituted for just a strip down wash to try and save money,
making people go on to water meters will just mean a return to the past when people did not have free access to clean water and desease and sickness was rife, people on low incomes or with large family's will not be able to afford the extra costs, and yes it does cost more when you have a meter, i know a lot of people who already have these meters and their water bills have soared so do not believe what the water boards and the government are telling you. IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU GO ON TO METERED WATER.
it is time the water boards used some of the large profits they get to build more resevoirs, then there would not be an issue with the water.

Answer 3

I dont get your question. We do pay already for water but that charge will be stopped and the pay by meter charge introduced. Personally I dont want to have a meter because they appear to more expensive but on the ther hand is it fair that someone who fills a swimming pool and has 6 kids to bath etc. pays the same amount of water rates as a pensioner living alone ??? Thats the only plus thing for it xx

Answer 4

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Answer 5

In australia we pay for water like electricity and gas. We have done so for about 12 years. there is a water metre and it gets checked every three months and you are sent a bill. My bill is around $300 or a 150 pound

Answer 6

The water we get from tap is treated so as not to kill us. Anyone who complains about the "expensive" tap water they drink should go to some remote country where you drink stream water and learn what it's like to have inadiquate water. Maybe then you'll stop whining about your tasty tap that 99.9% won't give you some nasty disease?

Answer 7

We already pay. In some places its included in out Council tax in others you have water rates.

Answer 8

I think everyone should pay for what they use, although I think there should be different taffifs for council areas. Less waste.

Answer 9

Because water is a precious commodity.

Answer 10

no we should not pay for water. its just a governmental way of cashing in on the people.