Reduced your water bills as a bribe bribe to get the meter for the company's benefit, whist those who are community minded are abused as cash cows to fund it. Another immoral act being allowed by the government on the people.
No not too strong, probably far too weak. Being forced on people is an abuse of their rights, allowed by a government whose incentive we can only speculate about. The fact this is allowed to go on doesn't make it right, it makes it very wrong and the people don't seem to get it, or they don't care.
Give the people cakes and circuses and they'll allow you to do anything. Give them a sweet or similar and they'll tell you their passwords apparently.