Water meters have been compulsory for new builds for a long time.


"Adam" wrote in message
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| What I don't understand is why this is a news story at all in 2006. My
water
| company, Thames Water, installed a water meter at my house about 8 years
| ago. I had no choice in this, which in my view means that compulsory water
| metering is not exactly new.
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| Strangely enough, on the very same day I got the letter from them telling
me
| I had to have my water metered whether I liked it or not, their Chief
| Executive was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 about water metering and gave a
| categorical assurance that no-one would have to have water metering if
they
| didn't want it. I phoned the Chief Executive's office to ask about this
| apparent inconsistency, and was told that "I was using a very restrictive
| definition of the word 'no-one'".
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| Perhaps this is the first time the policy has been tested in court, but
it's
| certainly not the first time water metering has been compulsory.
|
| Adam
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| PS Apologies if this post appears twice. I think my first attempt to post
it
| vanished into the aether, but I guess it may have just been delayed.
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