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<p>We have not received any recent representation from park home owners on this topic.</p><p>
</p><p>The majority of premises either receive their water and sewerage services from
a water company or a reseller. A customer of a water company can request (under the
Water Industry Act 1991) a water meter and if it is not feasible to fit one (due to
it being impractical or unduly costly) they will be moved across to an assessed charge.
The assessed charge should ‘bear as much relation as possible to the volumes of water
such customers would be likely to use’ and are normally based on the average metered
bill for the area or the number of bedrooms.</p><p> </p><p>Those customers of resellers
(and this can include sheltered accommodation, housing association properties, flats
above commercial premises, caravan parks and park homes) can ask for a meter to be
fitted but there is no legal requirement on the reseller to do this.</p><p> </p><p>The
industry regulator, Ofwat, regulates the resale market through The Water Resale Order
2006 (section 150 of the Water Industry Act 1991) and provides examples on how the
charges should be apportioned.</p>
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