The latest water bill turned up and we seem to have stopped using water! I could have sworn that we’re both still washing, but for the May quarter only 3kl have passed our meter. Sounds bizarre to me, a mere 32 litres per day. Time to start checking the meter every day again — something I did when we first moved in since I was curious as to what we would use in a new house.
In an odd coincidence, its exactly since I last took a reading from the meter, so I can see what a year’s consumption works out as:
| date | litres |
|---|---|
| 2389494 | |
| 2438552 | |
| Total consumption (l) | 49058 |
| Avg. daily use (l) | 134 |
At South East Water’s current rate — an enormous 77.71c per kilo-litre, or 0.07771c/l — the usage cost of the last year’s 49058l of water is $38.12! Makes a bit of a joke of the exhortations to install a rainwater tank and “save up to 26% of your water usage"; we’d be saving $9 a year at most, and having to purchase a water tank and get it installed!
Water bills:
| Date | Water usage ($) |
Sewage usage ($) |
Total usage ($) |
Water service ($) |
Sewage service ($) |
Total service ($) |
Other charges ($) |
Total ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.32 | 35.00 | 45.32 | 12.60 | $57.90 | |
| 4.50 | 4.19 | 8.69 | - | - | - | - | $66.55 | |
| 12.00 | 8.62 | 20.62 | 10.32 | 35.00 | 45.32 | 12.60 | $78.50 | |
| 12.75 | 9.69 | 22.44 | 10.32 | 35.00 | 45.32 | 12.60 | $80.35 | |
| 15.17 | 16.79 | 31.96 | 10.96 | 36.75 | 47.71 | 64.28 | $143.95 | |
| 13.21 | 13.32 | 26.53 | 10.96 | 36.75 | 47.71 | 13.03 | $87.25 | |
| 9.33 | 6.61 | 15.94 | 10.96 | 36.75 | 47.71 | 13.03 | $76.65 | |
| 2.33 | 1.77 | 4.10 | 10.96 | 36.75 | 47.71 | 13.03 | $64.80 |
