"Dave.C" wrote in message
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It's time for compulsory universal water metering and those who want to lay
water out to dry on their gardens or on golf courses should pay handsomely
and be prohibited from doing so any way in times of drought. This kind of
usage is hardly one of life's essentials.
Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey 556 ft.
I've virtually halved my Water and Sewerage charges since I've been metered.
That's with 3 adults (counting my daughter!) in the house. I favour a two
tiered metered charge. One rate slightly lower than current on the average
volume used by a family of 4, plus 25% allowance on top then a secondary
rate for volumes above this with a 100% surcharge. This will mainly hit
people with swmming pools, endlessly use of sprinklers, pressure washers
etc. With the former the elderly will never have to worry about how much
they are using and will save a lot of money, as will almost everybody. Also,
I have found by being metered people are much more sensible and don't tend
to just chuck this valuable resource down the drain.
I must confess living in a very high rainfall area I do not think about water
usage. I've been known to wash my hands under the outside tap for many minutes
with the water just running away down the garden. So a meter would make me
think a bit more that's for sure. OTOH I live in an area with the highest water
bills in the country (to help pay for keeping the beaches nice for the tourism
industry) and it really does get my goat a bit when I have been sitting in
almost endless hill fog with day after day of near torrential rain only to get
the water bill flop onto the doormat! Mind you since leaving Crowthorne I have
never ever had to water the garden once (apart from patio tubs and hanging
baskets). And as for lawn sprinklers, nobody uses them round here, so perhaps a
water meter would not bother us too much and if it helps people in less
fortunate areas then I'll be all for it, so good idea Dave and Tudor.
Will.
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