Municipal Services

Regulatory Affairs

Water Meters

Reading your Meter

The meter dial is read like an automobile odometer, straight from left to right.

Turns of numbers in the black area represent hundreds and tens of gallons of water.
The red sweep hand measures one gallon intervals and represents the reading for the placeholder (units of 0-9 gallons).

The meter above reads 42 gallons.

Determining Your Water Usage

Use the following example to help read your meter.

1. Select a day to take an initial water meter reading.
2. Write down the numbers you see on the meter register. Example: 0076400
3. After a period of time has passed (a day or week, for example), read your meter again at approximately the same time of day. Example: 0083300
4. Subtract your first reading from the second. This is your water usage for the period. Example: 0083300 - 0076400 = 6900
5. The 6900 figure indicates that 6900 gallons of water have been used during the time period between the two readings.