I have also visited this ...

I have also visited this meter based successes in water charges recovery along with their best technology factors. But , i am sorry to say that those lessons are not fruitful in devloping countries like you and us. As much advancement in recovery by meters is there, here more advancement has been seen in misuse/ tempering of those meters towards manipulation of consumption to lesser figures. I questioned about local devices and to over come the problems of tempering the meters then they showed enablity as in their view they can't even think such dirty practices to minimize the meter measured consumption which is dishonesty at all and does not appear there. They also were astonished that rulers have this practice int their factories along with tempo to protect also ex-rulers because in next tennuare they are to protect them. We therefore have to invent techniques how to prevent temporing of the meters , only then we can go on metering.