§ 25.70. Meter testing.  


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  • A customer may demand that the meter through which water is being furnished be examined and tested to determine if it is registering correctly the amount of water delivered. Such demand shall be made in writing to the Public Utilities Department, and shall be accompanied by a deposit of one hundred dollars for one, one and one-half, and two inch meters, and one hundred fifty dollars for three, four, and six inch meters. Upon receipt of such demand, the Public Utilities Department shall examine and test the meter. If the meter is found to register over two percent more water than actually delivered, another meter will be substituted and the deposit shall be repaid to the customer making the application, and the water bill for the current period adjusted in such manner as the Public Utilities Department may consider fair and just. If the meter is found to register not more than two percent in excess, the deposit shall be forfeited and the water bill paid as rendered. (Ord. No. 977; Ord. No. 1240, § 2.)