§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment where the water meter trial schemes are taking place; when each one started; and what criteria were used to determine the places selected.
§ Mr. MoynihanMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has approved 11 water metering trials under section 4 of the Public Utility Transfers and Water Charges Act 1988:
- Isle of Wight (Southern Water)
- Chandlers Ford (Southern Water)
- Bristol (Bristol Waterworks Company)
- Haling Park (Thames Water)
- Chorleywood (Rickmansworth Water Company)
- Bromsgrove (East Worcestershire Waterworks Company)
- Brookmans Park (Lee Valley Water Company)
- Turlin Moor (Wessex Water)
- Broadstone (Wessex Water)
- Camberley (Mid Southern Water Company)
- Hutton Rudby (Northumbrian Water)
Charging by measure in the Bromsgrove trial started on 9 January. All of the other trials are due to start from 1 April 1989, except for the Haling park trial where charging by measure is to begin from 1 October 1989. My right hon. Friend has yet to consider a proposal by Yorkshire Water about a proposed metering trial in south Normanton, Yorkshire.
The trial sites were selected by the water industry so as to include a wide range of different property types and climatic conditions.