Portable Water Meter Monitors

Thursday, 31 December 2009

Do your teenagers take long showers and turn a deaf ear when you complain how much water they use? Or maybe you’ve felt that your water bill was high for the amount of water your household consumes. Beginning in March, Clearfield residents will now have a way to verify exactly how much water they use for such tasks as running a load of laundry, or watering the lawn, or the amount of water consumed in any given billing period. Clearfield City’s Utility Department has acquired five portable water meter monitors, which are available for residents to rent over a one- to four-week period. The water meter monitor, which is about the size of a cell phone or small calculator, is a remote receiver and display which is placed anywhere indoors, within several hundred feet of the water meter. It monitors the use of water during consumer-defined time intervals as well as displays the current reading of the consumer’s water meter. The unit has a magnet built in the case that permits the monitor to be conveniently located on a refrigerator door, or any other metal surface. Please note that the device is not compatible with older water meter models*. According to Bob Wylie, Clearfield City’s Administrative Services Director, “In order to rent the monitor residents pay an $80 deposit, which will be refunded once the unit is returned in good condition.” There are two separate time intervals that a consumer can program and monitor; for example, one interval could be the current month or billing cycle, the other might be one day in which a lawn in being watered. Those interested in renting a water meter monitor, or *if you want to findout if the monitor is compatible with your water meter type please contact the Utilities Department at (801)525-2730.

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