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Water meter reading.
Locate your water meter.
Regular reading of your household meters water electric or gas will make you a more educated consumer and will put you in a position to ensure your meter is properly read by the utility company.
This technology mainly saves utility providers the expense of periodic trips to each physical location to read a meter.
It couldn t be easier to read your water meter.
If one rotation of the hand represents 10 gallons the meter has a 10 gallon sweep.
Different size meters indicate different resolutions of the reading.
Checking readings periodically will help you to catch any problems before wum reads the meter to calculate a bill.
Automatic meter reading amr is the technology of automatically collecting consumption diagnostic and status data from water meter or energy metering devices gas electric and transferring that data to a central database for billing troubleshooting and analyzing.
If you do notice movement check all appliances faucets toilets and other water sources for drips or leaks.
How to read your water meter.
The large sweep hand on the dial measures water use in gallons or cubic feet.
The straight reading meter is by far the most common.
One gallon or one cubic foot of water passes through the water meter as the sweep hand moves from one number to the next e g 0 to 1.
Residential water meters can ordinarily be found at the front of the property near the curb or street.
Just like your gas or electricity meter the row of numbers turns as you use more.
One rotation of the sweep hand may be equivalent to 10 gallons or to 1 000 gallons 1 to 100 ft.
They are most often housed in concrete boxes underground with heavy steel covers that are bolted shut and labelled water for ease of identification.
Reading the analog display.
If you use water during that time the meter reading will change.
In an apartment or condominium the water meters will likely be located in a utility room in the basement or at.
The black and white numbers show how many cubic metres of water you ve used and we ll calculate your bill using this meter reading.
