Not really a question just a thought...

We moved to a new house two years ago with a water meter, so the idea was to
collect rain water to save money.

The South Staffs water website suggests to use a water butt to save money,
they don't say how much you will save though.

I have a storage tank for 1939 litres. Having a few moments today I wondered
what I might be saving by collecting rain water rather than using the hose
pipe through the water meter ..

I have 1.92m3 of possible saved water, 62p/m3 from South Staffs Water, the
cost of the storage tank was £200 and the cost of the water if it had come
out of the meter would have been £1.17, the saving was so poor I was
convinced that I had worked it all out wrong...

A typical 277 litre water butt will save 16p worth of rain water..

Morel of the story is don't buy a water butt to save money!

I do know though that my plants are better off for me using rain water on
them rather than tap water and I am doing my little for the environment.



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