(1) The prescribed authority shall install or cause to be installed flow meters within the premises of user of water supply or at the location of every user or licensee or at such other place where the prescribed authority deems fit for purposes of measuring the supply of water and taking account of the water supplied to such user or licensee.
(2) The prescribed authority may either install or, require a user or a licensee to install a flow meter as per the specifications approved by the prescribed authority at his premises or at his location or at such other place as the prescribed authority may direct and thereafter adjust the expenditure incurred by such user or licensee on such installation towards the water user charges payable by such user or the licensee.