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Electronic Meter Reading Form
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Your
Water Meter
You
may be prompted by the Morgantown Utility Board to read
your water meter. This request may be in the
form of a blue door hanger stating WE NEED YOUR READING.
Such request is most often necessary because we have
had difficulty accessing your meter. It is important
to receive regular meter readings; otherwise, possible
leaks in your plumbing system may go undetected.
An actual reading will bring to your attention whether
or not any plumbing leaks may be causing your bills
to be higher than usual.
STEP
1: How to Locate Your Water Meter
Most
water meters are located at the front of the property,
along the curb or property line. In some instances,
the water meter may be located inside the home. In that
case, locate where your main water line enters through
the foundation or wall. The water meter should be very
close to this location.
STEP
2: How to Read Your Water Meter
Residential
5/8-inch Meter
All
customers served by the Morgantown Utility Board have
their water use measured by a meter. Each customer pays
his or her share of operating the system based upon
the amount of water used. Most Morgantown Utility Board
meters measure water in 1000 gallons. Charges for the
amount of water consumed are based on the number of
thousand gallons you use during a billing period.
There
are two basic types of water meters -- the straight-reading
meter, which resembles an odometer found in automobiles,
and the round-reading meter, which has several separate
dials.
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Odometer
Type Meter
1. Read left to right 5 digits
- 4 white - 1 black.
2. If your dial has only
3 white digits
Read
left to right 3 white digits - 1 black.
This type of
meter has only one dial. The dial has a sweep
hand which measures water usage in gallons.
On the example meter to the right, the meter
reads 0369.200. Since the odometer registers
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record the last two numbers. We round off the reading,
which your water bill would show a reading of 0369.
Subtract the previous reading from the new
reading, and you will know how many thousands of gallons
of water you have used.
Round-Reading
Meter
The
meter at the right has several small dials and
is a little more difficult to read than the
straight-reading meter. The dials are marked
in divisions of 10, and are read much like a
clock, except that the hand on every
other dial turns counterclockwise.
To
read this meter, begin with the 1,000,000 dial
and read each dial around the meter to the 100
dial. The 10 dial is not read. The best method
of reading is from low to high. When a hand
is between two figures, the lesser of the two
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always
be taken, any doubt as to the correct reading of any
figure, refer to the next lower figure. You are billed
in thousands, so we round off the reading on this type
of meter and use three dials only. Therefore, the dials
at right register 793.04 which we use 793.
The
next time the meter is read, the meter indicates that
the total amount of water used
is
796.04, which we use 796. By subtracting 793 from
796, we'd find that the bill would reflect 3,000 gallons
of water was used.
To
check for leaks, make sure water is not in use and go
look at your meter.
1. Leak indicator -
If the needle moves, that means water is moving through
your
meter to
your property. If no water is being used, you have a
leak.
2.
Slow leak indicator - If this is spinning,
that means water is going through the
meter to your property.
If no water is being used, you have a leak.
3. Gallons - Billing consumption
is measured in thousands of gallons (the digits
with the white background).
For
more information on meter reading, call:
JoAnn Fortney, (304) 292-8443, e-mail: jfortney@mub.org
Customer
Service, (304) 292-8443, e-mail: customer-service@mub.org
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