Understanding water saving devices for business?

For UK organisations, water consumption is an important part of financial management. For companies that consume a large amount of water in hospitality, keeping bills and wastage as low as possible is vital to keeping overheads to a minimum and maximising profitability.

In addition, reports from the Environment Agency in 2025 have indicated that businesses must make it a national priority seek to reduce water consumption to protect the environment and increase sustainability.

If you’re a business hoping to re-evaluate your spending, we will explore the some of the equipment that makes a genuine difference to consumption and, as a result, your environmental impact. Combined with our business water prices your organisation can work towards lower utility costs.

Smart monitoring and leak detection

Smart meters and monitors have a fundamental place in enabling companies to track and assess spending in real time. This allows you to plan ahead to periods where you anticipate higher water usage. A government analysis between 2024 and 2025 noted that 91% of business premises are metered, which helps to track water usage and encourages smarter choices about where to save water.

Additionally, leak detection helps you to get a handle on unusual water usage, especially during harsh winter conditions when pipes can freeze and break underground, leading to leaks that are unseen to the naked eye.

Not only does this prevent large water losses, but it can also help to flag leaks before they can damage premises, cost money and generally cause disruption.

Rainwater harvesting

For businesses with outdoor or non-potable water usage like garden centres, retail parks and warehouses, rainwater harvesting can be an effective way to reduce reliance on the mains treated water supply. For other businesses, rainwater can also be used for flushing toilets and irrigation where mains treated water is not necessary for usage. This can make a difference to business water bills in high traffic areas such as service stations and public transport hubs.

Even in office buildings, toilets and urinals can account for between 30-50% of the water usage. To promote the biggest savings, buildings with large flat roofs that can collect the largest surface area of rainwater are ideal, making large businesses the ultimate choice for rainwater harvesting. However, small businesses with reduced water consumption can also be an ideal candidate for rainwater harvesting.

Water efficient fixtures

Water efficient fixtures are often an excellent way to seamlessly save water without large expense and are becoming increasingly common in commercial buildings.

If you want to conserve water in smaller, but highly efficient ways, consider using aerators in taps, waterless urinals, automatic sensors and dual flush toilets. This reduces the likelihood of water wastage occurring through taps being accidentally left on, or greater amounts of water being used than is necessary for a single use.

Water efficient fixtures often create a return on investment within a short period of time, making them the ideal small investment for any business.

Are there other ways to reduce my business water prices?

Although using water saving devices one way to reduce business water prices, it is also important to pay close attention to how you are billed by your water supplier and whether switching could benefit you.

At Everflow, we are proud to keep our pricing competitive and transparent to allow businesses to make the best decisions for their bills. Contact us today to see how we can simplify your water bills and provide the best value for your hard-earned money.