MUA water meters

[Banker]

4 hours ago, Non-Believer said:

Sewerage rates to go up again now...

What’s this got to do with water meters?

[Dirty Buggane]

I'm not entirely sure how they can say rain water costs more than it did last year. 

[Fred the shred]

Well it has plenty to do with water costs if we had water meters we would only be paying for what we use plus of course the obligatory standing charges which would be less painful for some.   We could possibly return to weekly baths and hair washes, how did we survive ?

[Happier diner]

21 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said:

I'm not entirely sure how they can say rain water costs more than it did last year. 

That's because they aren't saying that. Because it doesn't. However I expect costs of power,chemicals and wages have gone up. It's a thing called inflation. 

[Two-lane]

3 hours ago, Fred the shred said:

We could possibly return to weekly baths and hair washes,

It's the sewerage rates that have gone up. You're just going to have to save it up for a once a week experience. Could be painful.

[GreyWolf]

Gotta cover all those high salaries and shiny new vehicles they keep getting somehow.

[Happier diner]

1 hour ago, GreyWolf said:

Gotta cover all those high salaries and shiny new vehicles they keep getting somehow.

That's the leccy lot. 

[Roger Mexico]

14 minutes ago, Happier diner said:

That's the leccy lot. 

I think it's probably both now.  I've a feeling the old water/sewage employees we moved to a combined scale some time ago.  Given that over 100 of the 350 or so MUA employees are on over £50k, it seems likely.

[Non-Believer]

14 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said:

I think it's probably both now.  I've a feeling the old water/sewage employees we moved to a combined scale some time ago.  Given that over 100 of the 350 or so MUA employees are on over £50k, it seems likely.

Indeed, we went from separate Water and Sewerage Authorities to WASA around 2014, WASA was then shortly afterwards combined with the old MEA to form MUA. The respective debts and liabilities of both were also then combined.

[Omobono]

4 hours ago, Happier diner said:

That's the leccy lot. 

No there all the same, every employee seems to have a big white four by four vehicle  all the comforts going , drive around Douglas some evening they are parked up everywhere   , some don't move for days  ,  they have come a long way since  the outside staff ran Lada's 

[Dirty Buggane]

13 hours ago, Fred the shred said:

Well it has plenty to do with water costs if we had water meters we would only be paying for what we use.

Do you honestly think the they would let you pay less. The least you would be paying is what it is at the moment, of course higher users would see an significant rise. Which would show we have the highest cost for water in Europe,(Which is why they are resisting meters so as not to show it) And thus giving them more money to squander instead of at least trying to reduce there debt which they  seem content just to service

[John Wright]

4 hours ago, Dirty Buggane said:

we have the highest cost for water in Europe

I’d like to see the figures for that claim.

Whether we have the highest cost of collection, storage treatment and supply, per unit volume won’t change if we put meters in. The figures remain the same, except for additional cost of meter installation and reading,  and are publicly available.

I don’t even think we have the highest charge.

My water rates here, for a year, are less than half what I pay, metered, in Spain, and I’m there less than here.

In Spain Agbar, Barcelona Water, charge per cubic meter. There’s a standing charge. There are three bands. The more you consume, the more you get charged. It’s a way of rationing through pay. I get the first 27m3 at €0.50 per m3 then 11 at €1.13 per m3 and above 38m3 it’s €2 per m3. I reckon a family of 4 living full time, with a shower each per day and three washer loads a week would pay €40-50 a week for water.

And my water bill doesn’t cover sewage. I’ve a huge klargester digester tank. Every couple of/three years I have to phone the guy at the farm next door, who runs the tank emptying service for the local authority, and he charges €400 to empty. 

 

[Happier diner]

5 hours ago, Dirty Buggane said:

Which would show we have the highest cost for water in Europe

I'd like to see you working out.

[quilp]

25 minutes ago, Happier diner said:

I'd like to see you working out.

Homoerotica..? 

[Happier diner]

7 minutes ago, quilp said:

Homoerotica..? 

I didn't think that post through did I?🤣