sandie Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Well if you had a sceptic tank then presumably you wouldn't pay any sewerage charge anyway! (although, now I think about it, that only accounts for the toilet waste ) I'm not disputing what you say, but is it fact or speculation? We have a septic tank where all our waste water, gutter water and all household water goes into it we also have 50metre buried dranage pipe which takes off excess water. We pay no sewerage charges only basic water charges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 We have a septic tank where all our waste water, gutter water and all household water goes into it we also have 50metre buried dranage pipe which takes off excess water. We pay no sewerage charges only basic water charges Ah. So the cost is avoidable...'theoretically' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eater Sundae Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I reckon that much of the cost of treating sewerage is the treatment of the actual solids, not the grey water. Over the years, the disposal of sewage sludges has become more difficult and costly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Well if you had a sceptic tank then presumably you wouldn't pay any sewerage charge anyway! You'd be sceptical, at least, unless you had a septic tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 As far as I know: a. water supply inbound can be unmetered (so charged on the RV basis) or metered; but b. waste disposal outbound [whether 'foul' (= sewerage) or surface water] is not metered (so charged on the RV basis or fixed charge). In which case 'green' credentials have nothing to do with it, do they? Please explain if this is incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 You'd be sceptical, at least, unless you had a septic tank. I have to admit I was very septical about the sceptic tank, but then I decided to have some spelling lessons! :hihi: EDIT: I think I'm going to buy that cat flap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 As far as I know: a. water supply inbound can be unmetered (so charged on the RV basis) or metered; but b. waste disposal outbound [whether 'foul' (= sewerage) or surface water] is not metered (so charged on the RV basis or fixed charge). In which case 'green' credentials have nothing to do with it, do they? Please explain if this is incorrect. You are correct in what you say (I think), but the 'green' credentials I hypothesised about were on the assumption that you could not even contemplate getting a reduction if you were 'very green'. But someone on here assures me you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankearn Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 There are two standing charges One is around £33 for supplying the water the other is around £43 for same water that is sent back via your sewer for treatment to be reused. Thats the standing charges out of the way. Now you have to pay for the water. this costs you around £2.60 per 1000 litres. The only saving you can make is the standing charge of £42 if none of the rain water on your property goes into a sewer. I don't pay the £43 standing charge because all the rain that falls on my property soaks back through the ground or in the case of rain that falls on the roof goes via the fall pipe to a soakaway buried deep in my garden. See link below http://screensnapr.com/e/hRW2bi.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 There are two standing charges One is around £33 for supplying the water the other is around £43 for same water that is sent back via your sewer for treatment to be reused. Thats the standing charges out of the way. Now you have to pay for the water. this costs you around £2.60 per 1000 litres. The only saving you can make is the standing charge of £42 if none of the rain water on your property goes into a sewer. I don't pay the £43 standing charge because all the rain that falls on my property soaks back through the ground or in the case of rain that falls on the roof goes via the fall pipe to a soakaway buried deep in my garden. See link below http://screensnapr.com/e/hRW2bi.jpg Interesting link. But I see there is no mention of errrm....Toilet waste. Do you have a septic tank too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankearn Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Interesting link. But I see there is no mention of errrm....Toilet waste. Do you have a septic tank too? No we don't have a septic tank, all our household waste water goes into the sewer as normal. We get the rebate because none of the rain water that falls on our property goes into the sewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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