Adelaide Water Bills – Average Costs

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Adelaide Water Bills – Average Costs

If you live in Adelaide, you likely pay an Adelaide water bill, right? It’s probably one of the more reliable utilities you have to pay on time every month, but how much does it cost? People and pets, businesses, homes, and essential and emergency services all require water.

The current South Australia Water pricing model provides a 3-tiered pricing structure that rises the price for higher water use. Moreover, there are also many other charges that are associated with the South Australia Water supply network. Here in this article, we are going to focus on the average charges of residential water bills, which comprises strata residences, flats, retirement homes, units, houses, and even vacant land.

Let’s take a look at what goes into your Adelaide water bill, how much it will likely cost you each month, and how you can minimize the amount of money that your bill ends up costing you. Also, take a look at our guide on Adelaide’s water suppy system.

Residential Water Bills South Australia

Irrespective of whether you live in the hinterland, regional towns, or metropolitan Adelaide, the pricing model applied by South Australia Water determines the cost of offering services statewide. With that, most people pay the same cost per kilolitre (kL). What’s more, typical water bills are usually made up of 2 charges, the cost of the water that you use plus a fixed price for water supply. We all know the quality of the water is high.

Here are the 2021 to 22 tiered charges on each tier

Tier Use price Price per liter Daily threshold

  1. 11.966 per kilolitre $0.001966 0 to 383.6 liters
  2. $2.806 per kilolitre $0.002806 383.6 liters to 1424.7 liters
  3. $3.040 per kilolitre $0.003040 Above 1424.7 liters

What Affects Your Average Water Bills?

There are numerous factors that affect the water bills in Adelaide and other parts of Australia. For instance, during the winter/cold season, many individuals usually use long hot water but during summertime, a lot of water is often used in gardens and lawns.

The water bills also differ depending on the area you live in since you will be charged for water depending on your usage as well as your address. For example, if you live in less populated places or rural areas you might end up paying higher prices when contrasted to individuals living in urban areas.

Charges in your household situation or everyday water habits can largely affect your monthly bills. For instance, if you are planting new lawn grass, increasing in members in your household, or use of automated irrigation systems, then you expect to utilize more water. Some other factors include leaking of water pipes, and incompetent appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers, and toilets.

Tips for Cutting Prices on Your Water Bills

To better comprehend how much water you utilize, then you must know how you are using water around and in your home. According to research, most people consume more water in the bathroom (38%), followed by outdoors and in gardens (37%). The rest is split between kitchen and laundry.

Since the tiered pricing system is set to cost you more for each extra kilolitre of water that you use, it is recommended to minimize the water usage and save more money on water bills. Here are some tips to get started.

  • Use water-saving fixtures and appliances
  • When buying new toilets, showerheads, dishwashers, and washing machines, it is essential to look where they are water efficient. Look at its water rating efficiency seals, look whether they have crucial information that shows, for example, the appliance runs on 50% less energy per load and 20-40% less water. In addition to that, you can consider upgrading the showerhead. Most old shower heads utilize about 120 liters of water per bath. Modern water-saving showerheads that are water-efficient only use 9 liters of water per minute
  • Mount an Aerator to Your faucets
  • Installing an Aerator can minimize the water flowing out of the faucet as it adds air into the water stream thus creating a forceful water flow. Actually, Aerators are30% more efficient when compared to standard faucets and assist to cut down your water bills.
  • Fix leaky pipes and faucets
  • Drips from pipes or faucets are one of the common problems in many homes. Drips are seen to be obvious culprits to your bills but when you count for days, months, and years, those drips will add up considerably. If you experience any leaks or drips in your water system, it is important to quickly fix and it will save you a lot of money in the long term.
  • Use a dishwasher
  • Ideally, hand washing dishes uses more water as contrasted to installing a dishwasher. For example, if you take 3 minutes to wash your dishes in a running faucet that has an average rate of two 2 gallons per minute, you will use more water when compared to using a standard-sized dishwasher that uses about 6 gallons of water on each cycle. Therefore, it is better if you use a dishwasher.
  • Use your grey water
  • This refers to the water that you use in your household washing that does not include lavatory water. This is the water generated from the washing machine, kitchen sink, dishwasher, bathroom sink, bathtub, and more. You can use this grey water to irrigate landscaping plants, lawns, and fruit plants to cut the water bills.
  • Take shorter showers
  • Each soothing and luxurious long shower will increase your water bill. Therefore, you can limit your showering time to about 5 minutes. Every time you cut your showing time, you save up to 11 liters of water. This, of course, means lessening your energy bills.
  • Dual flush toilet option
  • This can save up to half of the water used in a single flush. You can also decide not to flush up when there is a need to, which can be only every 3rd or 4th use.

Conclusion

Water bill is something that many people cannot avoid, but there are some things you can do to save water and money. You can identify where you consume a lot of water and take practice reducing it which will assist you to lower your water bills. If you want even more help installing proper systems into your home to continue helping you save on your water bill, please contact us here at Royal Flush.

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