Reading Your Water Meter
Finding your meter
In Birch Bay, your water meter is generally located near the curb or street in front of your home. Meters in Birch Bay tend to share property corners so check the front property corners first. You should see your meter box and your neighbors. Meters are typically found in a plastic or concrete box (as shown in the photo). Carefully remove the smaller lid by using a tool such as a large screwdriver, and then pull the whole lid off the box. If your meter is buried or not visible when you remove the lid you may need to uncover it. There will be a wire attaching the meter to the box lid, follow the wire down and it will attach to the top of the meter.
Reading your meter
Water meters in the Birch Bay measure volume in cubic feet. One cubic foot = 7.48 gallons and 100 cubic feet = 748 gallons. Your water charges are based on 100 cubic feet (cuft) units.
Birch Bay water meters are all straight-reading meters, which resembles the odometer in a car. Although Birch Bay Water and Sewer only bills by hundereds of cubic feet, there are 2 different types of meter registers and each read slightly different.
| Sensus Touchread Meter | Sensus ICE Touchread Meter |
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To Read: The numbers on the dial in white give the meter reading, the numbers in black are the 10's and 1's of the meter reading. You may want to read these for calculating your own usage but they are not used for billing. This meter would read 550 for billing. Check for leaks: To check for a leak make sure all water in the house is turned off and check to see if the black triangle is moving. |
To Read: The numbers on the dial give the meter reading to the 100ths of a cuft. You may want to read these numbers for calculating your own usage, but for billing you would not read the last 4 digits. Check for leaks: To check for a leak make sure all water in the house is turned off and check to see if the black line on the red circle is moving. |
If you have problems finding your meter or reading it clearly, please call our office so we can try to assist you.