{"id":329482,"date":"2024-05-20T09:09:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T07:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=329482"},"modified":"2024-05-20T09:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T07:09:32","slug":"compulsory-smart-meters-crucial-to-fight-real-and-growing-risk-of-drought-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=329482","title":{"rendered":"Compulsory smart meters crucial to fight \u2018real and growing risk\u2019 of drought, experts\u00a0warn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Smart water meters must be made compulsory across all households to protect the UK against climate change, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has warned.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government agency is urging ministers to <\/em>ramp up the rollout of devices<\/em><\/a>, as it claims water supplies were becoming one of the country\u2019s biggest challenges.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without smart water meters<\/em><\/a>, the NIC said the UK is at heightened risk of drought.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its latest report, NIC officials said water companies should have the power to compel all homes to accept smart meters as part of a \u201cconcerted campaign to reduce water demand\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK used about 10bn litres of water a day in 1960 but that has since risen to around 15bn.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2024\/05\/16\/force-smart-meters-households-risk-water-shortages<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smart water meters must be made compulsory across all households to protect the UK against climate change, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":329488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691828690,691828689],"class_list":{"0":"post-329482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-national-infrastructure-commission-nic","10":"tag-smart-water-meters","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0thumbnail_Birdz-Metering_Infographic_2020-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C668&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1nIe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":362196,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=362196","url_meta":{"origin":329482,"position":0},"title":"Millions of households at risk of smart meter\u00a0snooping","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"01\/15\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A\u00a0privacy row has broken out over government proposals to allow energy companies to harvest household smart meter data as part of a net zero push.","rel":"","context":"In \"Energy companies\"","block_context":{"text":"Energy companies","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=energy-companies"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0sensors-23-02118-g004.png?fit=1200%2C679&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0sensors-23-02118-g004.png?fit=1200%2C679&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0sensors-23-02118-g004.png?fit=1200%2C679&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0sensors-23-02118-g004.png?fit=1200%2C679&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0sensors-23-02118-g004.png?fit=1200%2C679&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":249461,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=249461","url_meta":{"origin":329482,"position":1},"title":"Dutch farmers on collision course with Brussels over compulsory farm buyouts","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/24\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Brussels has warned furious Dutch farmers that compulsory farm buyouts are the only way for the Netherlands to meet its EU climate targets.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1044.png?fit=1020%2C612&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1044.png?fit=1020%2C612&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1044.png?fit=1020%2C612&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1044.png?fit=1020%2C612&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":284372,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=284372","url_meta":{"origin":329482,"position":2},"title":"Seven Million Smart Meters Need To Be\u00a0Upgraded","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/21\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Concerns also arise regarding obsolescence, with an estimated seven million smart meters requiring component replacement when the 2G and 3G mobile communication networks are phased out. 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