Water in general Reviews

(Does anyone else remember that hymn?) When I moved into our rented house we had to sort out our water rates. It was all sorted after a few weeks and we were getting billed regularly for around £70. It wasn't until one of my family members suggested that it might work out cheaper with a water meter, that I decided to look into it. ...  Read the complete review

What is it about water that makes it so expensive? Doesn't it just fall from the sky? Why the hell am I paying £58 a month for it then? OK, I am being a tad sarcastic here, but it really does annoy me how the whole water service system works. Let me explain: When I moved into my rented house, the water bill was something like £70 a ...  Read the complete review

Water is a product hydrogen colliding with oxygen twice. It is, and has been on Planet Earth in abundant supply before the existence of humans. Yes it has to be managed, especially where it is scarce, but generally in the world there is no shortage. Water is essential to life on the planet, without water it is unlikely anything can ...  Read the complete review

ar water bill goes up more than the rate of inflation. It seems that utility companies can do what they like. Generally water companies charge a flat rate calculated on the rateable value of your property. Water meters are suitable for households that use less water. When a meter is installed householder pays according to the ...  Read the complete review

We changed to having a water meter about eight months ago, having sat down and done the sums. As we sometimes have to work away from home, it's absolutely no contest. Because we have a four bed house, but there are only two of us, on the one hand we were having to pay about £400 p.a. to Severn Trent for water, but on the other, it looks like we ...  Read the complete review

No matter where I move to, the water tastes horrible when provided by a large company that is competing for customers. Like anything mass produced, a low quality product is the result of cost cutting. I doubt many of you have had the opportunity to live in a place where fresh water comes from a well, but I have and I can tell you its a different ...  Read the complete review

I very much have a love-hate relationship with call-centres - sadly most of the time, the hate outweighs the love by a rather large ratio of around 100:1 but can fluctuate either way from time to time, but as with anything in life, there is usually an exception to the rule, and that exception in my professional (!) opinion is Welsh Water, more ...  Read the complete review

Yesterday I went swimming in my local swimming pool. I must admit I enjoy swimming, but I do find the chlorine in the water to get somewhat painful after a while. Its as though they keep adding more. So I looked up some other treatments for the water and found out about the way in which the water is treated in swimming pools. Traditionally the ...  Read the complete review

My local water board is Anglian Water, I think their water is disgusting, when I run my hot water to wash the pots or get bathed, it is white, you can actually see the limescale floating around. I have to use an electric kettle with a filter in the spout to prevent the limescale going into my tea. This prevents it going into the tea, but ...  Read the complete review

Well I have already spent 4 hours looking for a previous years sheet with my sewerage charges ,I am supplied with water by South East Water...I cannot obtain an correct answer from Southern Water as to how much the charges should be for the year 2001/2002. They have also made the mistake of saying on the phone that I owe 41-44 from the ...  Read the complete review

When my girlfriend and I moved into our first home a year ago, the main worry I had was how much bills actually were. Whilst all other utility bills were quite reasonable, I was pleasantly surprised at how low my water bills were. When the first quarterly bill came through from Severn Trent, it was that low that I was worried that they had ...  Read the complete review

Where do I start writing an opinion on water? Well, I have managed to break it down in to three main areas that I use water for: 1.Drinking 2.Washing 3.Squirting 1. To drink, plain or mixed with a delightful tasting cordial. Straight from the tap is fine by me; I don’t mind the slight copper taste it kinda adds ...  Read the complete review

Little by little, houses are being changed over to water meters. New ones are built with them, and as you move out of an older house, the water company has the right to change the house over to a metered supply as the new incumbent moves in. All of which sounds like it is bad news for the consumer – after all, why else would the ...  Read the complete review

A little known fact is that part of your water bill for sewerage / waste water is for rain water collection. Many homes get rid of this water through a soak away rather than through the drains. A rebate is available if your home has soak aways for rain water disposal, this is around £18 a year saving. They do not publicise this, you will ...  Read the complete review

The water that comes from my domestic tap is clinically pure even if a variety of chemicals are used to make it so. Unfortunately supplying drinking water to the public is no longer a service but a business and like all businesses it is driven by profit for the shareholders. We will not forget the fat cat salaries either. It is this driving ...  Read the complete review