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water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:23 am
by bryanc
after realising electricity bill is far too high(thanks to everyones help) starting to work to get it down.

next one up is the water bill-have seen online that av water bill for a family househould should be around 6,500yen..we are way above that so was wondering how much everyone pays?

Re: water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:37 am
by RetireJapan
Between 10,000 and 13,000 yen every two months (so 5,000-6,500 a month). We take lots of baths and showers though :)

Re: water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:40 am
by RetireJapan
My highest ever water bill though was for over 2m yen. Our house had sprung a leak apparently and we had to get evidence of this, after which the water company adjusted our bill and billed us the average for the month.

Re: water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:12 am
by sugus
Kanagawa prefecture, living on a 3LDK flat, lowest bill was a bit over 6,000 yen, maximum 6,800 yen. Bill comes every two months.

Re: water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:55 am
by bryanc
sorry-i didnt add mine.
between 16,000-19000yen
usually 16000.

(for 2 months)

Re: water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:46 am
by sugus
bryanc wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:55 am sorry-i didnt add mine.
between 16,000-19000yen
usually 16000.
(for 2 months)
That seems quite high, is that for a house, or flat?
Also how many family members? I forgot to add in my case it's for two.

Re: water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:54 am
by Beaglehound
Ours is cheap but we are in inaka. 3300 yen per month for the two of us. If we used over 10k litres it would be more but we are always between 7 and 10.

Re: water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:08 am
by captainspoke
Beaglehound wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:54 am Ours is cheap but we are in inaka. 3300 yen per month for the two of us. If we used over 10k litres it would be more but we are always between 7 and 10.
And you almost certainly have quality water, too. When our oldest went to uni (osaka), she couldn't get the rice to taste 'right', even tho my wife sent some from here. Turned out it was the water.

Re: water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:22 am
by bryanc
sugus wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:46 am
bryanc wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:55 am sorry-i didnt add mine.
between 16,000-19000yen
usually 16000.
(for 2 months)
That seems quite high, is that for a house, or flat?
Also how many family members? I forgot to add in my case it's for two.
house 5 people

Re: water bills

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:40 am
by Beaglehound
captainspoke wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:08 am
Beaglehound wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:54 am Ours is cheap but we are in inaka. 3300 yen per month for the two of us. If we used over 10k litres it would be more but we are always between 7 and 10.
And you almost certainly have quality water, too. When our oldest went to uni (osaka), she couldn't get the rice to taste 'right', even tho my wife sent some from here. Turned out it was the water.
Yeah, it’s good. There are a couple of natural springs locally where folk go to get it direct. Even saw someone washing his car there once, which seemed a bit extreme.