Water bills How to reduce the cost?

One way to reduce the cost of water in your home is to use water meters, but this can only be used in certain households, not all.

We do not have this possibility to compare with other companies to see if their prices are better than you have in your current company, unlike gas and electricity if you can, this is because the water market is not open to competencies .

Anyway Spanish families can reduce more than 48% of water consumption in the home with the use of new technologies for recycling and volume reduction for showers and faucets.

Spain is one of five countries in the European Union (together with Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Italy) that consume more water per capita, estimated at 171 liters per capita, more than 121 established by the World Health Organization as the minimum volume to cover basic needs.Therefore, and for the fact that you can not change water supplier does not mean you can not save: opt for a water meter, is the right way to go. 

Unfair BillingThe unfairness of this is that if your home has the same assessed value as your neighbor's house, and yet the number of people in your house differs from the next, you are such a person, and the house next door are five, you'll pay the same water; although the amounts are different.

You can have a water meter free of charge, as a rule is that if your house has more rooms than people living in them should consider having a water meter installed.

 Calculate your savings
A water company may refuse to install an accountant if this is too expensive or impractical to do so, if this is the case, should be offered the option of "a fee estimate" of what you should spend.If you have a meter and you're not happy with it you can always go back to the flat rate, but not more than 12 months to settle the counter. 

Save on water and energy bills

If you already have a meter, now try to figure out how to save on energy use.About 30 percent of the energy bill of a home comes from heating hot water, around 260 euros per year.

We recommend that a reduction of the temperature in the wash 40-30 degrees and running washing machines and dishwashers at full load, not half, will save you money on your water bill. This will make your bill is reduced both gas and electricity.

Replacing washers in leaky faucets worn could save about 25 per year on your bills, like one minute less in the shower every day could save between 5 and 10 euros on your bill for the year.And to be the maximum saving is to put a shower head to save water and with that you get a savings of 30 percent on the amount of water used.