QTI Water meters 5 Oct 2008 23:47
Did anyone read the article in yesterdays (5.10.08) Sunday Times regarding water meters?
This just goes to show that this is a burning issue and this topic is on everyones lips. It looks like that this company has a very promising future. Here is the article below for those of you who didn't see it:
From The Sunday Times
October 5, 2008
Price rises to force cuts in water use
Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor
Ministers want householders to cut their water consumption by a fifth using compulsory metering and sharply rising prices.
Hilary Benn, the environment secretary, aims to cut use by 30 litres a day per person by 2030. He has said the current daily consumption of 150 litres is unsustainable and should be reduced to 120 litres.
The proposed cut is the deepest in the history of the water industry, reversing years of rising consumption.
It is likely to mean sweeping changes in the way water is priced and paid for, including compulsory metering, water labelling for “wet goods” such as washing machines and dishwashers and incentives to restrict flow from taps and showers.
Such measures would probably be applied selectively at first, mainly in areas already short of water such as the southeast, Cornwall and East Anglia.