A water company in Kent has been given the go-ahead to force 65,000 householders to install water meters.
Folkestone and Dover Water applied for "water scarcity status" because of the drought affecting the South East.
Following the government ruling, other water firms are expected to adopt similar measures.
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Homes forced to get water meters
First of all, "New" Labour once opposed water metering, before the 1997 election. They branded it "a tax on family life." But it's not the first time this government has done a volte-face (and it won't be the last).
Secondly we as consumers are being forced to pay for years of under-investment (by previous governments and then by the privatised water companies) in maintaining and repairing the infrastructure (pipes and treatment plants) which has played a part in these shortages.
Finally, I know operating costs has previously made this idea a non-starter, but shouldn't we look at desalination plants again? Being an island nation, we're surrounded by water.
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Proposed desalination plant
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