Mr. Jerry Grant:

To clarify, in every situation where we renew pipe services, we put in a stopcock. All of our stopcocks have the capacity to take a meter. They are the only type of stopcocks that we use. At present we have not been putting in metering but we are obliged under the provisions of the legislation to put in meters on new buildings and on the refurbishment of a building in the fullness of time. In the case of specific leaks or specific demand, putting in a temporary meter is probably the only way to quantify what is going on. It can be a very valuable way of tracing leaks. I do not know what is happening in any specific contract area but what I can say is that anybody who has old lead services, if we are there to repair, it is a tremendous service and should be supported because it is critical to the health issue around lead. The lead standard is coming down, not going up. The World Health Organization rates all the health issues we have to address, and beyond boil water notices, lead in drinking water is the most serious.