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UK drought - end in sight
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net... "Stan The Man" wrote in message ... In article , Mary Fisher wrote: But why shouldn't we pay for what we use? We should, and doubtless we all will before long. Profiteering by the water compnaies shouldn't be an issue as Ofcom keeps a close eye on prices and they are anyway limited by law to a maximum profit of 7% of turnover. One reason they have been playing for time is that metering technology is antiquated and a lot of people have been trying to come up with a meter which does more than simply measure the amount of water passing through it. They want timers as well so that they can charge more for high season water in summer (as per the current smart metering trials in Kent, Again - how do you know? and they also want data feedback which tells them where the water goes, eg to a bath, a kitchen appliance, an outside tap, etc. How do you know? They would then finally have reliable data on water usage patterns and needs and they would also be able to introduce different tariffs for different uses. How do you know? Current meter technology doesn't differentiate between indoor use (which the compnaies have a statutory obligation to supply) and outside tap use (which currently has no service level agreement, hence the over-use and mis-use of hosepipe bans). How do you know? He knows you know |
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