The reason I answered 'no' to question four is that I strongly believe  everyone should be forced to have a water meter and pay for what they use. After all, we all have gas and electric meters. If that happened, I would like to hope we had enough water in the event of a drought. I have neighbours in my road refusing meters due to the extent to which they water their gardens without water butts and repeatedly wash their cars with hoses. They know full well their bills would be astronomical if they had a meter. Since I had one installed I am amazed at the amount my bill has reduced both with Portsmouth and Southern Water.