"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message
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"Stan The Man" wrote in message

Fortunately, the advance of water metering presents the water
compnaies
with a dichotomy. If we are brainwashed into using less water, the
water industry gets less revenue from metered properties. Fokestone
&
Dover water company, which lifted its hosepipe ban this month, has a
vested interest in doing so because it announced earlier this year
that
all its customers would be compulsorily metered.

I'm seeking clarification here. Aren't water metres (and thus payment
for water) a standard thing in all city locations

No. Mad, isn't it!

or are they just
being introduced across the UK?

They've been available for households for quite a few years but there's a
lobby which opposes them - no idea why. More people are having them
installed though as they see savings in their bills. It's a pity it had to
have a financial side but that's the most important part of life for many
people :-(

Many businesses (perhaps all, I don't know) have to have them.

Mary