water saving grants

A question about : water saving grants

just moving into a new house where the previous owner had a water meter fitted, we cannot get it removed so need to find ways to save ( legally ) ie: not plumbing into next doors supply, we have decided to use water butts and filters and by collecting rain water can expect to collect enough for the garden, loo and washing machine. this will save about Ј120 pa but will cost approx Ј1200 to buy + installation, does anybody know of any grants available to help with the setup costs.

Best answers:

• Some councils subsidise water butts...................check if yours does.................I don't know of any direct grants for the work though
• just a simple point but in a lot of cases water meters cost less than water rates. Are you sure you're going to be costing a lot more for some reason? Unless you run a Dasani factory I guess.
• Suffolk and Essex give their customers a pourous bag of granules which when placed in the cistern saves about a litre of water per flush.