Water bills

04/09/2007 by Lee.

First off, sorry it’s been a while.

I recently received my water bill at home, and I have to say it’s left me feeling rather vexed. I’m am charged for three separate things by my water company, namely the supply and subsequent drainage of domestic water and a charge for surface water drainage. First item of vexation is why the hell should my bill go up simply because it has rained more and some of it happened to fall into my drain? If it didn’t go into my drain it would still work it’s way into the water system via nature. Secondly, why am I charged almost twice as much to remove water than I am for the supply of it? Is it twice as expensive to take it away? And then they really get you.

The water that I have paid to be removed both from my domestic usage and surface water drainage is then cleaned and processed before they sell it back to me again! Thus starting the whole chain over again. Does any other industry do this? Does any one else offer the marvellous facility of taking stuff away - at a cost - and then selling me the exact same stuff back again?

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