Just a quick tip, if you are filling up a reasonably sized Pool this Weekend or Summer Holidays (such as this deal I posted) then you may want to contact your Water Board and ask them for their Sewage Discharge Discount!
Water Bills consist of the cost of the water supply and usage to your property, as well as the use of the sewerage system. In most cases in an average household, water that is used generally ends up down the drain and in the sewers, hence the charge. In the case of Pools, the water doesn't return to the sewers, so the Water Board knock off that charge, making it much cheaper to fill the pool!
Anglian Water now charge me £1 per Cubic Meter of water, which is equivalent to 1000 Litres. That means my pool (posted in this deall) costs around £4 to fill, after the discount! Bargain!
You simply need to contact the Water Board and ask them for their Sewage Discharge Allowance to be applied to your account as you are filling in a pool, and they will ask you to take a meter reading immediately before filling the pool, and immediately after. Submit the readings and they do the rest!
Sit back and enjoy Weekend!
Top comments
davidbrent
26 May 1721#4
MRW people with swimming pools at their home complain about the cost of filling it up with water...
dewonderful
26 May 1712#9
In case you were wondering, this is the pool that OP paid £4 to fill :smile:
badgerrules
26 May 177#19
We are not on a meter so if you want some of ours just bring a bucket :laughing:
superpanda to dewonderful
26 May 177#10
No it wasn't, it was this one.
Latest comments (60)
From_the_Midlands
19 Jun 17#60
Or you could just stay away from meter billing, if possible, and you never have to worry about sewerage £1/£2 discount
burga1982
19 Jun 17#59
Waste of time no luck with northumbrian water they say they already have discounts applied through the summer months
Dando83
18 Jun 17#57
There hasn't been a water board in England in almost 30 years!
xeroc to Dando83
18 Jun 17#58
Yes, and last I checked it was two separate words.
A "Waterboard" is something quite different indeed.
deb8z
17 Jun 17#56
I couldn't give a meter reading as I don't have access to mine,it's in the Road :neutral_face:
spock1958
16 Jun 17#52
It's good to know that water from a pool doesn't eventually end up in the sewers. I guess it just gets beamed into outer space when it needs emptying.
luvsadealdealdeal to spock1958
16 Jun 17#55
usually ends up watering the garden
HuffPropane
16 Jun 17#54
Also
Don't do this but
Tell them you have a pond too
And 3 fish tanks
I don't pay any sewage charge
neilbaldwin
16 Jun 171#53
Mines still unmetered... thank god as Ive got a hot tub and kids!
wigles
16 Jun 17#51
I've just built a 10,000 litre pond and thought this would be good for saving some money. But I've just spent half an hour on the phone to Welsh Water to be told they don't do this discount. Apparently they only do it for businesses. Useless company...
mastablasta
1 Jun 17#50
Get a Saltwater system and a sand filter pump. No need to change the sand for 5 years so no filter charges and you never have to put any chemicals in the water again.
Or as it's Hot deals get Sainsbury's value bleach as that's roughly 4% chlorine and use that. Look up BBB method.
garbage456
28 May 17#47
So if the water in the pool doesn't end up in the sewers where does it go
LondonTTB to garbage456
29 May 17#49
Soaked into the ground if dumped on Grass. Same with Soil, etc.
pchphil
29 May 171#48
Thanks for the heads up - need to drain my 6000 litre swim spa soon and worried about burning out the water meter when refilling.
Regards,
PCHPhil
Barry.Richardson
27 May 17#46
When you live in a country that privatised its water and now you need to pay for how much you use. lol lol lol
dishmachine888
27 May 17#45
Hi, Mr Hunt.
jonmarz89
26 May 17#44
i live in flats and don't have garden, i pay for standing water tho, my water bill for 1 month is 22 pounds
neilcaldwell
26 May 17#41
*** INFO ONLY *** Please do not try this!!!
In theory you could:-
If you don't have a pool, just ring and say you do.
Knock off say 30 units of water from current meter reading (Big pool, plus it had a leak which you didn't know about when filling), then ring back. Ahem, pool full now, new meter reading is (Current meter reading). Job done. Good deal, especially if you don't have a pool.
LondonTTB to neilcaldwell
26 May 17#42
That would be dishonest and against everything HUKD stands for.
mbuckhurst to neilcaldwell
26 May 17#43
30 units :confused: that's 8 months water usage in our house.
You can contact us on Facebook (facebook.com/anglianwater) or Twitter (twitter.com/anglianwater) for more info too :smiley:
Have a good weekend :sunglasses:
DieSuperMario
26 May 172#39
I drink a cup of my own **** every morning and they give me a discount of 25p per day.
Testy56
26 May 171#29
If you live in a block of flats without any garden or parking, make sure that you call them up to query their calculation of 'soakaway'. After all, technically speaking, no rainwater is falling on your property that is diverted to the public sewer or drains.
lmcshera to Testy56
26 May 17#30
How about you do it and then tell us about it.
In fact jesus christ no don't even tell us about it
MasterofPuppies to Testy56
26 May 17#38
We have an actual soakaway of our own with all guttering leading to it, United Utilities give a £40/pa discount.
LondonTTB
26 May 17#37
No problem, always happy to help!
Sophiasky
26 May 171#36
Thank you for giving me some advice, much appreciated.
LondonTTB
26 May 171#35
Bahahaha, whoops! :smirk: I like to be warm in a pool, unless it's a REALLY hot day, then I like the cold. :stuck_out_tongue:
rollmesome
26 May 17#34
now we have electricity costs to worry about. COLD!
rollmesome
26 May 171#32
we are expecting thunderstorm and a lot of rain this weekend. just leave the pool uncovered and will fill up for free.
LondonTTB to rollmesome
26 May 171#33
No bother, the rain won't dampen my spirits, I keep the pool warm with one of these:stuck_out_tongue:
M1sterDeeds
26 May 171#27
I will make do with dipping my toes in the sink.
gbmcginty to M1sterDeeds
26 May 17#28
Well la-dee-dah, Porcelain Princess! Cold flannel over my bits, that's living.
LondonTTB to M1sterDeeds
26 May 17#31
Splish splash! Hope you have fun!
dewonderful
26 May 1712#9
In case you were wondering, this is the pool that OP paid £4 to fill :smile:
superpanda to dewonderful
26 May 177#10
No it wasn't, it was this one.
AndyPr to dewonderful
26 May 173#26
Hey, what are you doing coming round to my place photographing my paddling pool :laughing:
zaax
26 May 17#25
Get a well. Locally (Suffolk) prices are about £1000 installed and working (hole; pump lining ect) and then no water bills artall for the garden. Licences not needed for abstractions of 20 cubic metres or less a day.
We turn on the filter each evening and turn it off each morning. We also have a pool lid to keep out any nasty bits and bobs, and also stops the sunlight during the hours it isn't in use.
We also use a floater and 1 chlorine tablet (20g) every few days overnight (alongside the filter) and remove it when we get in, and this keeps the PH levels nice and correct.
The water will be fine all summer, as it's filtered for nasty bits and the chlorine kills the germs. You can do as we do and take about a third of the water out halfway through summer and top it up with fresh, and everything's good to go :-)
Sophiasky
26 May 17#23
Last year we only had our 8ft pool up for around 3 weeks. I was using chlorine tablets and putting the filter on every evening for about 1 hour. If the pool is filled up this weekend, are you actually saying that the water will be ok up until the end of August, with only the need to top it up a bit? I didn't know if I wanted to keep a pool up for that long if it would need to be emptied a couple of times over the Summer and re-filled? Thank you.
jameswalker457
26 May 172#22
Also if you're laying / seeding a lawn you can get a discount.... I saved about 7 quid and didn't need to provide readings
Sambat
26 May 172#21
When I empty my pools I just let it go across the lawns, good for the orchards too.
edwardw121
26 May 171#17
Why? You'd empty it on the grass wouldn't you?
Firefly1 to edwardw121
26 May 17#20
Well I would empty it into an area that drains away quickly, most likely somewhere that has a drain. Otherwise your garden is soaked with thousands of litres of water - I guess it depends if you have a small or big garden as to whether that's an issue. It also depends to the size of the pool as to the quantity of water being released/flooding your garden.
We're not on a meter either though, fortunately, with the amount we get through :stuck_out_tongue:
badgerrules
26 May 177#19
We are not on a meter so if you want some of ours just bring a bucket :laughing:
Firefly1
26 May 171#15
Don't most people empty their paddling pools? As you don't want stagnant water sitting there forever. Unless you really do mean a 25 metre swimming pool in your house, which is a very small sub-section of HUKD.
If you empty your paddling pool in a few days/weeks/months, it will return to the sewerage system?
LondonTTB to Firefly1
26 May 173#18
Well, I use chemicals in mine (chlorine) in a floater, a filter pump and a lid so it stays clean all summer. Needs topping up once a season and I empty it at the end of summer. It does return to the sewers but I guess people sometimes dump it on the garden, etc
johnthehuman
26 May 171#16
^ Was just gonna post this, surely the water eventually goes back into the sewerage system?? :confused:
gazdoubleu
26 May 17#14
It's a 10% discount so you saved about 45p on the cost of filling your pool, less the cost of the phone call, if you pay per call. Hardly the deal of the century and there's likely to be water shortages if we have more record weather this year.
davidbrent
26 May 1721#4
MRW people with swimming pools at their home complain about the cost of filling it up with water...
LondonTTB to davidbrent
26 May 175#6
Not a complaint I'm making, I got a pool knowing I had to pay to fill it with water, I just posted this as a lot of people will be filling them up this weekend and summer holidays, and as this is HUKD, we all love a bargain so passing on the info!
ILikeUsingGifsToComment to davidbrent
26 May 174#13
juliet_bravo
26 May 171#12
This is a great idea - pushed to the homepage :smile: Nice one @LondonTTB
mittromney
26 May 172#5
any discounts on waterboarding?
LondonTTB to mittromney
26 May 172#7
Not that I am aware of but there may be one for motorboating ;-)
BubaMan to mittromney
26 May 172#11
Just copy the MOD in on an order of 5 gallons of peroxide and you'll get waterboarded for free.
davidbrent
26 May 174#8
I know, was just having a laugh. I just wanted excuse to use that gif really.
SFJnet
26 May 174#3
Absolutely brilliant post. I don't have a pool, but I commend you for providing such an excellent tip for those who do!:smiley:
derp1664
26 May 174#1
The title makes it sound very unappealing ... like a pool full of 'sewerage discharge' :laughing:
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Opening post
Water Bills consist of the cost of the water supply and usage to your property, as well as the use of the sewerage system. In most cases in an average household, water that is used generally ends up down the drain and in the sewers, hence the charge. In the case of Pools, the water doesn't return to the sewers, so the Water Board knock off that charge, making it much cheaper to fill the pool!
Anglian Water now charge me £1 per Cubic Meter of water, which is equivalent to 1000 Litres. That means my pool (posted in this deall) costs around £4 to fill, after the discount! Bargain!
You simply need to contact the Water Board and ask them for their Sewage Discharge Allowance to be applied to your account as you are filling in a pool, and they will ask you to take a meter reading immediately before filling the pool, and immediately after. Submit the readings and they do the rest!
Sit back and enjoy Weekend!
Top comments
:smile:
Latest comments (60)
A "Waterboard" is something quite different indeed.
Don't do this but
Tell them you have a pond too
And 3 fish tanks
I don't pay any sewage charge
Or as it's Hot deals get Sainsbury's value bleach as that's roughly 4% chlorine and use that. Look up BBB method.
Regards,
PCHPhil
In theory you could:-
If you don't have a pool, just ring and say you do.
Knock off say 30 units of water from current meter reading (Big pool, plus it had a leak which you didn't know about when filling), then ring back. Ahem, pool full now, new meter reading is (Current meter reading). Job done. Good deal, especially if you don't have a pool.
mike
You can contact us on Facebook (facebook.com/anglianwater) or Twitter (twitter.com/anglianwater) for more info too :smiley:
Have a good weekend :sunglasses:
In fact jesus christ no don't even tell us about it
:smile:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/water-management-abstract-or-impound-water
We also use a floater and 1 chlorine tablet (20g) every few days overnight (alongside the filter) and remove it when we get in, and this keeps the PH levels nice and correct.
The water will be fine all summer, as it's filtered for nasty bits and the chlorine kills the germs. You can do as we do and take about a third of the water out halfway through summer and top it up with fresh, and everything's good to go :-)
We're not on a meter either though, fortunately, with the amount we get through :stuck_out_tongue:
If you empty your paddling pool in a few days/weeks/months, it will return to the sewerage system?