Water Bills

Post by **norm** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:50 am

My impression was it is only free if it is below an x number of baht. Don't recall what x was though. And I may have been halucinating.

Post by **Guess** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:18 pm

Point by point,

We were told about the free water from relatives in Surat Thani. Everybody her knows about it.

I am not surprised that guy a few doors along from sargeant does not know about it. The Suzuki shop have never heard of BHP, the "technical" guy at the electricity board did not know what a watt was and the cable TV company told me I could not have satellite and cable TV on the same length of co-ax.

The concessions are for householders only. The thresholds put them out of the range of commercial premises anyway.

Hua Hin have always been slow in collecting water bills. It is possible that they have not caught up with the start date yet. You really need to look at your bill and read every detail.

A Hua Hin conspiracy?? Last year a large electricity fraud was uncovered at Soi 96 so anything is possible.

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:26 pm

I have not seen either of my spys today and as it has been pissing down most of the day i will probably not see them until tommorrow .
However i was at my tin shacks this morning and they are still getting bills
still ill wait and see what my 2 spys say
Still only niggle not paying

Post by **niggle** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:38 pm

After saying I have not had a bill - I got one this afternoon for 4 months water - 222 baht (usually 120 pm) so God knows whats going on !!

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:43 pm

Thanks for that niggle so now we have no one from Hua Hin saying they are not paying a bill. I will see what my spys say and keep my fingers xed

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:05 pm

I have gone back over this topic and i am confused
quote pete
"This is a NATION WIDE economic incentive program."
whats the incentive for to NOT use so much water

Quote from the link niggle supplied
"-The government will pay water bills for low-income households that consume fewer than 50 m3 liters each month."

can somebody explain 50m3 liters
50 cubic metres liters dont make sense to me

Post by **STEVE G** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:17 pm

A cubic meter has a thousand litres in it, so I suppose they mean 50,000 litres.

Super Joe · Post by **Super Joe** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:22 pm

And only 100 litres in a square metre Sarge.

SJ

Post by **Guess** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:46 am

STEVE G wrote:A cubic meter has a thousand litres in it, so I suppose they mean 50,000 litres.

You'll be all right then Sarge. That's just three articulated tankers full. You can take a shower every month after all.

It could be 50 million cubed liters. You will be able top up the gulf and get the beach closer to your house.

Of course it could mean you have to live 50 miles away and only use 3 liters per month. That'll be why I get mine free.

Oh BTW it's only for Nationwide customers. Who do you wank bith?

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:27 am

I am beginning to think this is joke even if i go with sj at 100 litres to a cubic metre thats still 5,000 litres (or 500 large drinking water bottles) thats a hell of a lot of water. I have just pushed my sorry fat behind and looked at my meter and it is measured in M3. I have just dragged 3 bills at random from my bin drawer and the average is about 35 cubic metres a month bills on average 150 baht a month.
no decrease and as i say payed every month and so far nobody around my place has heard of it

still waiting for my spys though.

Post by **STEVE G** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:22 pm

Sarge, according to a watery website I’ve found, the average Brit uses 147 litres of water a day, so if you are getting through 35,000 litres a month, you could have 7.93 average Brits living in your house.
Of course in Britain you don’t have to water the garden as it’s raining all the time, so maybe that’s where it’s all going.
If you are only using 3,500 litres a month you could only have 0.793 of a Brit living there, so one of your arms and the rest of the family are going dry!

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:39 pm

I cant work it out steve it confuses the crap out of me Mrs Sarges business uses quite a bit and there are 4 adults and at least 2 kids in my house at all times and my orchids.
But this free water aint flowing in my street or my tin shacks
mind you 140/150 baht a month i am not bothered but i would like to get some relief for my tin shack friends if i could

Post by **Guess** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:48 pm

It is 50 cubic metres. SJ wrote square metres not cubic metres. It was joke. You cannot fit an area into a volume. It would be like having a motorcycle with a 3 cm engine.

Anyway as SG says it's a hell of a lot of water for a month. 3 tanker loads.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/010808_News/ ... news08.php

http://www.readbangkokpost.com/easybusi ... ity_fr.php

Post by **niggle** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:06 pm

Really confused now
After my initial post raising the subject and then bieng told we got no bill due to the measure, I got a bill yesterday for 22 baht. Went to water board this morning and was presented with bills from 12 May to 24 August - total 490 baht. I asked about free water scheme and got a look blanker than I get when I talk to 'er indoors so I paid up and left.
Previous post link suggests only free if less than 50 cubic litres - how much is that ?

ozuncle · Post by **ozuncle** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:22 pm

50 cubic metres equal 50,000 litres.