Water Meter Box Full Of Water

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Water meter box full of water. A water meter can be read even when the pit is full of water. If you lift the box lid and notice it filled with debris or standing water this means that an internal component is not working correctly and you are probably being charged for more water than you are actually using. Box location is filled with debris. We are in a small development of tiny starter houses.

Water company knew about it indirectly as the lazy sods charged with reading the meter just guessed it and underestimated. He said that was code. The standing water will normally drain out or seep into the soil after a rainstorm. On my side of the meter there is this funky union with a heavy paper gasket in it.

The best thing to do is to pull out a small shop vac with a wet filter if you don t have one go to homedepot and buy one. Another cause for standing water inside a meter box is over irrigation. Then see where the water is coming from. The meter shows no usage when all taps are off.

This is most common during the summer months when customers are more actively running sprinkler systems. Well then i still had a leak. Also why has the monthly cost almost doubled for 2011. The water meter box is the connection point between you and the city.

During the rainy season in carmichael water runoff from rain can often enter the meter box. They used the old gasket. The builder installed it 500 feet from my house in a 3 foot deep hole that is always full of water. Stick it in there and see if you can dry the box out.

They came back and repaird that and gave me a hand full of gaskets. The water suppliers say it is rain has any one else experienced this. This went on for three years until i got a massive bill. Those are bad about.

A simple adjustment of your irrigation timer may. We have not had rain for about a month. The water company expects us to drag a generator and sump pump out there every month and drain it so they can read the meter. I turned the water on on the cities side of the meter and when the line filled it knock the bottom out of the meter.

If you receive a high water bill ask them to double check the meter first for accurate reading and second for a leak at the meter set gaskets. The city put in a new meter. Hollow plastic tubes are sold that the meter reader presses down onto the meter glass and it s like looking through a dirty window. If thi is the shut off box for the water fresh main then you could just be looking at rainwater filling the box up or a small leak.