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UK drought - end in sight
"Stan The Man" wrote in message ... In article , Mike wrote: "Stan The Man" wrote in message ... In article , Mary 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. The Isle of Wight has been metered for years, thus my 8 water butts:-)) The Isle of Wight provides an interesting test area. When they first introduced compulsory meeting, water consumption per household dropped by around 10% on average - but this figure has gone down every year since so that today, average consumption is only approx 1% less than it was before metering was imposed. That could mean that we have more money and are prepared to spend it on water; or it could mean that the metered water bills were not as scary as folk had feared; or it could mean that everyone is now accustomed to using less water. I think that water should be metered, we pay for everything else we use by the rate we use it. Why shouldn't we? We've had a meter for years, it's made no difference to our consumption because we were careful anyway, as responsible consumers. Mary |
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