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    Water meters 'too expensive' to fit

    The Manx Utilities Authority won't bring in water meters because they'd be too expensive to install.

    That's the message from the chairman Dr Alex Allinson who's been questioned about a 6.4 per cent hike in water rates this year.

    In the House of Keys he faced questions from MHKs who wanted to know why an across-the-board increase was being brought in.

    Dr Allinson said a report in 2015 had looked at water meters but decided against them:

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