Mr. Paul O'Donoghue:

No, it is far from obsolete. It is an efficient system from our point of view for reading meters, the purpose for which the meters are being installed. There is nothing about the nature of water consumption which requires more data than what these drive-by meters can give us. Driving by is an efficient way of collecting the data from them. Because they are installed externally we can get an actual reading at very high levels, whereas if we were to install meters inside properties, we would have the issue of access on a regular basis, which we still experience in the case of gas and electricity meters.