When they managed to concrete up my last water meter in the footway due to
the very efficient contractor doing it, they put in a smart water meter
which apparently can be read by just driving by it in a car. However I am
told it still has a dial or display I can look at. I told them that I was
blind so it hardly matters, but if the readings go wrong I might ask to be
informed how to log in and check it!
As for leccy meters, I'm being told that all properties will have to have
smart meters by the end of 2020, oh good can I have one now, no, they cannot
cope with enconomy rates yet, Huh? I'd sack the designers.

Apparently if you are in some god forsaken outflung place which has leccy
but not much else you can still keep the old meter until a solution is found
to communicate to it.
Brian

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I read here some weeks ago that the installation of a Smart Meter was
not mandatory, but I have just received a notice about the impending
installation of a water meter in Essex.

It includes this note:

"Do I have to have a meter?

Yes, where technically possible. The Secretary of State for the
Environment has approved our plan to meter customers' properties
because we are operating in an area designated as being under severe
water stress."

In this case, as the place is subject to limited occupation, say
about one week per month on average, having metering may well be
advantageous, and I have the option of remaining on the old payment
system for up to two years.

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Davey.