Thinking about a water meter?

You may now be thinking about how much water you use and what you could do to save water in your home and garden. Scottish Water may be able to help you to measure your water usage and only pay for what you use. If you feel that you are already water efficient then you may benefit from us installing a water meter in your home.

Use the calculator on the right to work out your estimated water consumption. Once you have this figure have a look at the chart below to work out what type of water user you are.

Alternatively, you can simply use the chart below by thinking about what household items use up water in your home and how many times people use them to find out what type of water user you are likely to be.

A broad guide to water usage (cubic metres per year)

Number of people in your home	High regular use of washing machine and dishwasher	Average occasional use of washing machine and a mixture of baths and showers	Low no washing machine, one or two baths or showers a week
1	80m³	60m³	45m³
2	150m³	105m³	80m³
3	210m³	140m³	120m³
4	250m³	170m³	150m³
5	290m³	195m³	165m³
6	310m³	210m³	170m³

Now that you know what kind of water user you are you can work out how much you are charged for water now and how much you may be charged if a water meter was installed, download our calculator in Useful links to see if you can save.