Bardsie t1_jeeme9c wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:37 PM

Reply to comment by kniebuiging in We are so privileged in the west that we shit and piss in a bowl of residential fresh water by unmentionable123

Why would you need a second meter?

The water bill includes a fee for removal of rain water (at least mine from Yorkshire water does.) The rain water they remove remains the same whether it goes straight to the sewers, or to a cistern/loo and then the sewers.

kniebuiging t1_jeemmc5 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:38 PM

dunno, its what my dad told me. It was the 90ies in Germany..

Bardsie t1_jeenauk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:44 PM

Ah, it's entirely possible the rain water and wastewater sewers are separate in Germany. That would explain it.

As you replied to someone who mentioned the UK, I assumed you were in the UK also. Over here most, if not all, rain and waste water goes into the same sewers.

kniebuiging t1_jeeohso wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:52 PM

well I am pretty sure the actual sewage system is the same pipes for rain water and household water.