Paradise
will replace old water meters with new radio-readable
ones
By Cody
Littlewood
September 12, 2008 | PARADISE --While seemingly unimportant,
water meters are used by every city to determine how
much money each citizen pays. With rising energy, food
and fuel costs, it is important to get charged for exactly
what we are using. As water meters have hundreds upon
thousands of gallons running through them they start
to lose their accuracy, putting unnecessary cost on
citizens.
This is beginning to happen in the city of Paradise.
To prevent this from happening, Mayor Leroy Atwood proposed
in City Council meeting to begin replacing the old meters
with new ones that are read by radio waves.
The old meters are read by a wand that is touched
to the top of the meter cover. Atwood explained that
the electronic meters are known for becoming unreliable
when a certain amount of water has flown through them.
The new meters do come at a higher cost, but with other
cities converting to the more accurate radio meters
the council felt that it was time for the city of Paradise
to begin phasing out the old meters.
The added cost of the meters themselves is not a concern,
but the device that reads the radio waves is very expensive.
The city will purchase this when enough of the new meters
have been installed.
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