§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he made, and from what source of information, of the annual cost of maintaining water meters in England and Wales for domestic water metering in formulating his policy on this matter.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsIt was suggested in a water reorganisation consultation302W paper issued in April that if water meters were installed in all dwellings in England and Wales the annual cost of repair and replacement might be of the order of £15 million. This estimate was based on information made available informally by the South West Worcestershire Water Board in relation to its current investigation into domestic water metering at Malvern.