How the water company can and should calculate actual consumption

Dear Editor,

It is not very difficult for the Guyana Water Inc. to solve the problem of estimated bill readings not corres-ponding to actual water meter readings.

Let’s suppose that a water meter was attached to a domestic customer’s supply sometime in 2005 (the customer does not remember exactly when). For two plus years the customer continued to receive bills requiring him to pay the fixed rate of $8,900 per year with which he complied. No readings were ever taken by meter readers during the two plus years. All bills received before the attachment of the meter were paid.