LETTER:Water meters: an equitable cure for shortages?

From Mr Brian Grandy

Sir: So the Government has decided that the best way to cure present and future water shortages is to press for the greater use of water meters. At customers' expense, of course. The fear of higher bills will therefore solve the problem.

We are a country which uses a very small percentage of its vast rainfall, so surely it would be more sensible to concentrate on water catchment and storage facilities - ie, new reservoirs or the enlargement of present facilities - rather than to penalise customers for their use of a product provided by nature in such huge quantities and in normally unending supply.

Rather than concentrate on the negative and restrictive approach, would it not be more sensible to explore the possibilities that these circumstances provide?

Yours faithfully,

Brian Grandy

Carnforth, Lancashire