Are your water bills furthering your debt?
Excessive water wastage can increase your debt
Everyday we spend money unneccesarily on utilities, by leaving taps running, leaving that hallway light on or forgetting to turn down your heating during summer. All these things can contribute to a rising level of personal debt.
If you have been keeping up with our recent debt management and budgeting articles, you find various bite size articles which will can help you save money, however utilities seem to be one area that is often overlooked within the household.
Unlike our gas and electric suppliers, who we can change to find a better rate (which we highly recommend), our water supplier is often fixed, so usually stays the same. Because of this, some basic ways to save money on your water bills include:
- Use a shower rather than a bath. Although showers are commonplace nowadays, some people still are bathing rather than using a shower. An average bath uses between 30-50 gallons of water, however a shower uses around half of that. So that’s a considerable saving on your daily water usage!
- Turn off your taps whilst you brush your teeth. Although this may be a little over cautious, you may have a tap running for 2 or 3 minutes whilst you brush. Add up this volume of water over 2-3 brushes per day it soon adds up.
- If you have a garden or plant lfie that requires constant watering, consider rigging up a water trough that collects rain water from your gutter. When the weather is warmer, you will have collected plenty of rainwater for use on your plants, saving you cost on your water bills.
Even small changes in the way you use water can add up to considerable savings during the year which can be used to repay your debt.
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