The Rouen Normandy metropolis sent a letter on October 11 to a resident who refused to replace her old water meter with a connected device.
The community informed the Normande that it risked the termination of its subscription.
This measure would cut off the water supply to the home, says 76 Actu.
The person concerned denounced blackmail.
She justified her choice not to accept the new meter by the fact that her old equipment works perfectly and by her mistrust of the radio frequencies emitted by the device.
The user assured that time had shown that the readings that she carried out herself and communicated to the agents were reliable and had never been false.
Harmless waves, assures the metropolis
“Legally, the individual meter must be replaced at least every 15 years”, for its part explained the metropolis Rouen Normandy.
The proper functioning of the system depends on it.
The community has also specified that meters connected to radio heads meet European standards in terms of waves and do not present any danger.
Emissions are thus 125 times lower than those of mobile phones, she detailed.
The free installation of smart water meters started in 2019 is "widely accepted by users", commented the metropolis, which referred to terminations occurring "only in extremely rare cases".
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