Charge homeowners with swimming pools and big gardens more for water, industry urges

Swimming pool owners should be forced to pay more for water, an industry body suggests - (Getty Images)

Households with large gardens or swimming pools would pay more for their water under recommendations from the utility industry to introduce fairer billing.

Water UK, which represents water and sewage companies in England and Wales, has called for compulsory metering and higher rates for excessive users as part of a government-commissioned review of the sector.