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Topic starter 18/08/2025 2:56 pm  

I've just received a letter from my water company saying that the region in which I live is classified as "seriously water-stressed", giving the water company legal basis to perform a compulsory installation of a water meter. In fact, this happens to coincide with my doing a bit of research that suggests we may be financially better off with a water meter, so I'm not fundamentally opposed to the idea much as I dislike having something forced upon me. However, I have heard several people believing anecdotally that there are issues with the accuracy of a smart water meter and, obviously, I have no intention of allowing the installation of something that is not fit for purpose.

With all that in mind, I've tried researching and have found very little mentioning the accuracy of smart water meters. Although still rare, I can find more articles on the increased accuracy of bills but if the meter's not accurate I'm not sure that's relevant - garbage in, garbage out. Nonetheless, my instinct is that if there were an endemic accuracy problem with water metering it'd be all over the Internet like a rash and it's not.

Does anyone here have any experience of a water meter? And, in addition, is it a smart water meter? If so, any information you can give about living with one would be much appreciated.

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