Is this the same five people benefiting from street lighting. It's the same light. We share it

The crap we part with is dealt by the water companies. Agreed we might use more water or waste services.
Don't we already pay for that, water rates are still based on the old Rates system. Correct me, I'm probably wrong.
Water meters should have sorted this out. We've still not got one :-)
Is it not reasonable to think that five people would use five times the level of council resources as two people?
And therefore pay 5 times the price !!
Just for the record, who's idea was that, I honestly don't know.