Over or underbilling on water bill?

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Over or underbilling on water bill?

Author: atlhome (GA)

I am in a minor dispute with my city on what could be an overbilling situation. My water bill shows my meter size as a 3/4". When the city came out and pulled the profile data off the water meter (a Neptune AMR system), it showed the meter size as 5/8".

If the Neptune unit is calibrated to gallons no matter what the pipe size may be, this may be moot. I didn't know if a meter constant is being used (like in electric meters), as I don't see any notation on the bill for a constant - just that the meter is measuring CCF.

Anyone know if this discrepancy on pipe size makes any difference? Thanks.

Re: Over or underbilling on water bill?
Author: steve (CA) CCF measured is the same regardless of the meter size. If you had a 2" meter and ran the kitchen faucet for an hour, it should register the same as if you had a 5/8" meter.
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Thanks for confirming
Author: atlhome (GA) That's what I suspected - thanks for confirming. Edited 2 times.
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