Cost of pure water

[Daftoldgit]

I was wondering if anyone - with a water meter - has ever worked out the cost of pure water, per litre?
including resin, replacement membrabes, filters?
I'm a bit **** at maths, and never kept records of how water much I use just for work anyway
I started wondering when I noticed it was £ 2.35 a bottle at the local garage!! Blimey!

 

[kevinc250]

i do recall someone doing this calculation many years ago, if you were ro and di in the hardest water and on a meter i don't think it would be more than £15 per cubic meter in this modern day of inflation,i could be wrong of course but its still the cheapest consumable i have in/on my van with the highest profit margin.
so 1.5 pence per litre to answer your question.

 

[Daftoldgit]

1.5p a litre, next to nothing really is it, good to know the actual cost, cheers.

 

[scottish cleaning service]

That's the reason its a no brainer up here. No water meters and soft water means a 11 litre resin vessel lasts me one year.

 

[Daftoldgit]

What's your ppm Scottish? mine hovers around 280- 300

 

[scottish cleaning service]

What's your ppm Scottish? mine hovers around 280- 300

I'm at 75 but up in East Kilbride its only 37 because of how high it is.

 

[spruce]

i do recall someone doing this calculation many years ago, if you were ro and di in the hardest water and on a meter i don't think it would be more than £15 per cubic meter in this modern day of inflation,i could be wrong of course but its still the cheapest consumable i have in/on my van with the highest profit margin.
so 1.5 pence per litre to answer your question.

Spotless Water won't be selling water to window cleaners at a loss. What's their price per litre? 3.6p isn't it? @Daftoldgit

 

[Daftoldgit]

Scottish- blimey 37ppm! you could almost clean windows from the tap!

 

[Daftoldgit]

Spruce- no idea how much they charge, we don't have one anywhere round here, would their costs be any more than ours are?
Do they have employees working at these places?

 

[Part Timer]

Spotless Water won't be selling water to window cleaners at a loss. What's their price per litre? 3.6p isn't it? @Daftoldgit

3.5p + VAT at most stations but they do charge 4p + VAT in the newer sites with the fast filling pumps

 

[spruce]

3.5p + VAT at most stations but they do charge 4p + VAT in the newer sites with the fast filling pumps

Thanks. VAT will obviously push up the price by 4p a litre for us non VAT registered buyers. VAT for Spotless shouldn't be included in their profit calculation as they pay most of that to the MHRC.

 

[Fraggle]

I'm 27ppm in East Renfrewshire...

 

[spruce]

I'm 27ppm in East Renfrewshire...

??

 

[Iron Giant]

That's the reason its a no brainer up here. No water meters and soft water means a 11 litre resin vessel lasts me one year.

It lasts you a year because you only have around 100 jobs, my tap tds is the same as yours an 11ltr vessel that would last me a week

 

[scottish cleaning service]

What's your ppm Scottish? mine hovers around 280- 300

I'm at 75 but up in East Kilbride its only 37 because of how high it is

It lasts you a year because you only have around 100 jobs, my tap tds is the same as yours an 11ltr vessel that would last me a week

My RO takes the tds down to 002 so don't really need resin but handy when my membranes begin to age.

 

[Iron Giant]

I'm at 75 but up in East Kilbride its only 37 because of how high it is

My RO takes the tds down to 002 so don't really need resin but handy when my membranes begin to age.

Your R/O should be taking your tds down to 000ppm I have a small 450gpd R/O and it takes mine down to 000ppm

 

[JCW]

That's the reason its a no brainer up here. No water meters and soft water means a 11 litre resin vessel lasts me one year.

we have a hard water, but also no meter. That's why my pump goes on 40 all the time ?

 

[scottish cleaning service]

Your R/O should be taking your tds down to 000ppm I have a small 450gpd R/O and it takes mine down to 000ppm

Maybe I have a cheap tds meter.

 

[Iron Giant]

Maybe I have a cheap tds meter.

I gave up on them I have an inline tds monitor

 

[David K]

I mainly run on rainwater in about 6+ months a year , collect in 2 ibc,s on my clean roof, at the moment i use it unfiltered, (002 ppm) no algae growth, otherwise i run it thru a 11 l DI vessel.

 

[Yogi1872]

That's the reason its a no brainer up here. No water meters and soft water means a 11 litre resin vessel lasts me one year.

Mines is 23 out the tap and I need to chance my resin every 2/3 months.