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Water firms urged to install more water meters
All households throughout the UK could soon be having a water meter installed.
The Environment Agency has urged water companies to get plumbers to install water meters across most homes in the UK.
It recommends that priority be given to the UK's most water stressed regions.
Recommendations form part of the Environment Agency's new Water Resources Strategy, which sets out proposals to tackle water shortages in the future.
Commenting on the new strategy, the agency's chief executive Dr Paul Leinster warned that population growth and climate change are increasing pressure on water supplies.
He said: "People and businesses need to use less water and wasting water needs to cost a lot more.
"The proposals in our new strategy cover actions that need to be taken by water companies, government, regulators, businesses and the public."
Dr Leinster also underlined the importance of taking a joined-up approach to the problem.
Recent research by the agency found that more than half (55 per cent) of businesses in the West Midlands are missing out on money savings by failing to make full use of energy and water efficiency measures available to them.
