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Water Meters - The Future

Flowpoint Showers (Shower Heads) will give you Significant Savings on Water and Energy Bills

Currently about 25% of homes across England and Wales have water meters fitted and in some Water Company regions up to 50% of homes have them.  All homes built since 1989 are fitted with Water Meters as a standard and Water Companies have the right to fit a meter when occupants move home or new tenants move into Rented accommodation.   The Environment Agency says it believes there should be more metering across England and Wales and has told companies in the South East they need to make "rapid progress" with metering.   The Environment Agency would like to see up to 75% of households across England Wales have meters by 2025,  with the majority in place within the next 10 years.

It is therefore only a matter of time before it becomes a standard fitment for all households just like Gas and Electricity meters.

More and more in our daily lives we are having to pay for what we use.

There is no doubt that Water Meters reduce wasteful and non-essential use of water as occupants of households fitted with them are mindful of the cost of the water they use.

Fitting a water saving shower head does not mean you will get inferior showers. 

A flowpoint shower head will still provide that powerful feel but reduce the actual water used you therefore do not have to reduce your normal showering time.   The shower is already saving you water.

Even if you do not have a Water Meter fitted yet,   you can still benefit by saving on your energy bills now !

Energy Prices always go up

We have seen very big increases in our energy bills in recent years and as our supplies of Gas decline we will see further price rises in the future.  Even if you are using electricity for your energy source,  this is most likely to be generated by Gas fired Power Stations.

A Flowpoint Shower Head will give you Significant Savings on Water and Energy Bills

	Conventional Showers	Flowpoint Showers
Water Costs (0.97p/m3)	163m3 x £0.97 = £158	71m3 x £0.97 = £69
Energy cost kWh/m3	1460 showers = £131	1460 showers = £58
	£289	£127
Saving in one year with a Flowpoint Shower Head £162 (56%)

We base our example calculations on a family of four each having a 7 minutes shower every day of the year at a water consumption rate of 16 ltr/min, pumped supply at 22psi/1.5bar. We use on average water tariff from OFWAT of water company tariffs for England and Wales 2005/06. We also calculate savings on energy (Gas in our example) based on re-heating the hot water used. The tariff rate for energy is based on £0.025p/kWh. We then compare this to the performance of a Flowpoint shower head of 7 ltr/min under the same conditions.