Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:41 pm
My water company (Anglian) separates it's charges into metered water and the sewerage service. The latter is further separated into a foul and surface water service.
Following inquiries I have been advised that the surface water charge is for rainwater that runs off my drive into drains in the road.
I have now been sent a claim form to appeal against this charge if I can prove that no rain water runs from my property into the road. Furure accounts will then be amended accordingly.
Here's the point of this post. The drive is level, and is constructed of brickweave, with lawns on both sides. The only slope is the pavement to the road. Can it be argued that brickweave is a self-draining surface, with rain water going down the cracks between the bricks?
Following inquiries I have been advised that the surface water charge is for rainwater that runs off my drive into drains in the road.
I have now been sent a claim form to appeal against this charge if I can prove that no rain water runs from my property into the road. Furure accounts will then be amended accordingly.
Here's the point of this post. The drive is level, and is constructed of brickweave, with lawns on both sides. The only slope is the pavement to the road. Can it be argued that brickweave is a self-draining surface, with rain water going down the cracks between the bricks?