Really - and you wash your hands in this water? I wouldn't.....It may differ in your area, but my workshop is on a water meter (Yorkshire Water), and I have two toilets. if you collect rainwater in a tank and pump it to your toilet cisterns you do not pay a sewage charge, but you will be charged for rainwater disposal (MUCH less). My rainwater system feeds the wash hand basins, the water heaters that feed them, and both toilets and a tap by the door for my pressure washer/steam cleaner, and saves a fortune in commercial water charges!
I have a pump controlled by a pressure switch which turns the pump on when ever a tap is turned on, or a toilet flushed, it feeds through a standard single element water filter, and has given no problems. I originally installed a crude system with a header tank and float switch in the seventies, and that lasted till I rebuilt the workshop about 7 years ago. My tank is an underground victorian brick cistern which holds about 2000gallons but you can use a surface tank, or even a covered water butt.
Phil
Can you do it the other way. If you have a meter fitted when you move in but don't want one.Which company is supplying the water? Look up their rates on their website.
The water bill on an unmetered supply is standing charge + fresh water charge (fixed) + foul water disposal (fixed). Foul water disposal includes rainwater disposal.
If it is on a meter, it is the same standing charge but the others are calculated according to the meter reading. If you can prove that the rainwater from the place does not go into the sewer, the foul water rate is reduced a bit. Possibly, if you can prove that there is no water from the place entering the foul system (not having a toilet is not sufficient - it must not have a sewer connection), you might be able to reduce or remove that aspect of the charge
So if it not metered, it might be good to request one as that will minimise his expense.
The part ware it says “Yorkshire“ is the key, it wouldn’t matter if it was goat effluent as long as it’s freeReally - and you wash your hands in this water? I wouldn't.....
Always wondered why it never caught on over here since I first saw them
Totally irrelevant but along the saving water lines, in Japan they have sinks over cisterns so when you wash your hands it fills up the cistern for the next flush.
Always wondered why it never caught on over here since I first saw them
Totally irrelevant but along the saving water lines, in Japan they have sinks over cisterns so when you wash your hands it fills up the cistern for the next flush.
Always wondered why it never caught on over here since I first saw them
Can you do it the other way? If you have a meter fitted when you move in but don't want one.
Ive noticed that the amount of fresh water coming in is exactly the same as the amount charged for outgoing sewerage........so they assume that all the water goes down the drain.....is everyones the same.........I know they cant meter the sewerage but what about watering the garden etc
...so they assume that all the water goes down the drain...