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[cleggy]

Your bill seems on the high side Rob, ours is around £300 for the year or £25 per month for three of us. All the usual stuff plus one bath full daily the other two have a quick shower. For washing the car and watering the garden I use my neighbours hosepipe , he hasn't had a meter fitted and his costs are the same as ours £300 ish for the year for unlimited use.

[Sir Tigger KC]

It should be a requirement that all new houses have a rainwater system built in... It's just crazy that we get shed loads of rain in this country and minimal amounts are harvested from roofs! 

I worked on a farm in rural Western Australia once and there was no mains connection or ground water from a well or borehole.    All of the water was collected from roofs in huge water tanks.  While I was there we built a 250,000 litre water tank which collected water from their biggest grain barn.     One of my jobs was going round with the 'Water Truck' topping up all the buildings water tanks! 

[tigers_gonads]

I'd put a complaint in with a bill like that rob and get them check the meter for leaks 

Either that or you spend a hell of along time sat on the bog

[Varche]

I'd put a complaint in with a bill like that rob and get them check the meter for leaks

Either that or you spend a hell of along time sat on the bog

You would be able to see if the meter was leaking. I would presume that would be the responsibility of the water company.

If you have a leak somewhere between your meter and your taps etc you could easily check for leaks by taking a reading before going out and when you came back. I am fairly certain that if you have a leak on your side of the meter /mains stop valve, then it is your responsibility to fix it. If you have insurance it might cover it. An elderly unmetered relative had such a leak that turned out to be on the neighbours property. The bill was split 3 years legally between the two neighbours and the council.

Back to your opportunity. Do you know how much water you use a day? I read somewhere that the UK average is 150 litres per person. We use about 550 a day average but that includes watering pots and gardens and building work. One of those cubes holds only 1000 litres.