On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:03:53 -0800 (PST), wrote:

I've just had a water meter installed. Hopefully it will save on the
normal bill of about 580 pounds a year.

They increase costs for the average user

I went to a meter about 10 years ago - the bill, at the time, went from
£20pcm to £5pcm and, until the prices started to go up, I was in credit.
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Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.