Anybody here pay for water bill?

[PooBrain]

As title if so why do you and why do we even have to? Also do you remember when we didn't have to?

I for one cannot stomach the fact that i have to pay for water and i fear the reasons for may tip me over the edge.

 

[manic111]

Why do I? So I can get water

Why do we have to? Because water companies have been privatised, meaning that they don't get paid out of taxes

Do I remember when we didn't have to? No

 

[Spook187]

Welcome to the world of bills.

 

[DaleTheWhale]

I have a really long straw connected to the local reservoir attached through my wall, and when I'm thirsty I take a swig. Cheaper alternative.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Kwerk 0.5?

 

[{SAS}Jura55ic]

We've always paid for the water just once upon a time it was through rates

 

[physichull]

Kwerk 0.5?

Reminiscent of a compboyo thread.

 

[The_Abyss]

I don't pay for water bill, but I do know someone who did. He was an odd chap, so it seemed right that one of his hobbies was to buy and collect old water bills.

He has an old one from Anglian Water back in 1997 that's his favourite. Well worth paying for that water bill.

 

[Unicorn]

Some old lady down our street doesn't like paying for her water clearly its been running down her drive for 3 weeks.. Burst pipe was only fixed a week ago when someone tipped anglian water off and they came to fix it. She's stuck with a bill of about £5000~ lost water and repairs

 

[mrbios]

Such an appropriate OP username...

Don't think of it as paying for the water, think of it as paying for the pipes to your home to be maintained. Happy now?

 

[campbell]

Of course not! I hoover all mine from puddles.

 

[Unicorn]

If you look what you actually pay for you will pay for units of water and u will always pay the exact same units in treatment/recycling

 

[bobbyspangles]

I'm interested OP, where do you think your drinking water comes from?

 

[Firestar_3x]

I'm interested OP, where do you think your drinking water comes from?

Free innit, comes from sky.

 

[pingwing]

Go live in Northern Ireland if you don't fancy paying for water.

Only downside is out side of Belfast it tastes like untreated garbage from the taps, cold weather always causes the mains pipes to burst (leaving the supply off for a few days a month as its pretty cold all the time) and you'll have to live in Northern Ireland....

You get what you pay for over here and its a luxury I will gladly cough up for.

 

[Jono8]

Go and get your own water then

Plenty of running fresh streams about.

 

[Hawkesbury]

You wont have your water supply cut off if you don't pay it. You will end up in court though...

 

[Illusion]

If you look what you actually pay for you will pay for units of water and u will always pay the exact same units in treatment/recycling

I pay more for "surface water charges" than I do for actual water...

Apparently it's for the rain water that drips off my roof and into the sewer system or something...

 

[IrishChr1s]

Go live in Northern Ireland if you don't fancy paying for water.

Only downside is out side of Belfast it tastes like untreated garbage from the taps, cold weather always causes the mains pipes to burst (leaving the supply off for a few days a month as its pretty cold all the time) and you'll have to live in Northern Ireland....

You get what you pay for over here and its a luxury I will gladly cough up for.

Where does this even happen, there may be rare exceptions
In very rural areas, but the water quality is absolutely fine
And I'd be glad to pay for it.

 

[pingwing]

Where does this even happen, there may be rare exceptions
In very rural areas, but the water quality is absolutely fine
And I'd be glad to pay for it.

Most of the post was meant to be tongue in cheek... (I like my good English water around here)

I was thinking of some of the rural places where you end up with nasty lough neagh water in the supply, gives me the runs.