[chbot] [OT] - Reading a water meter?

[william fleete]

Fill a bucket with around 4.5 litres and if the count goes up by 1 almost
exactly then it is in gallons (imperial not US I assume) if the count goes
up by 4.5 then it’s in litres

On Sat, 2 Jul 2022 at 15:31, Stuart Brown <stuartbrown2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> With the new excess water use charges
> <https://ccc.govt.nz/services/water-and-drainage/water-supply/excess-water-use-targeted-rate>
> coming in I did a leak check and suspect we may have a water leak. But I'm
> a bit confused about the water meter reading and am hoping someone on the
> list can help me understand my water meter.
>
> According to the CCC website
> <https://ccc.govt.nz/services/water-and-drainage/water-supply/quality-and-monitoring/meter-readings>
> some areas have water meters that read in gallons! Since our house was
> built in the 60's we might have one of these. The website seems to indicate
> that a meter with 3 white & 3 red wheels is reading in gallons and one with
> 7 white & 4 red wheels is reading in litres. But our meter has 4 white & 3
> red wheels. So is it in gallons or litres?
>
> Else I guess I could always phone the council.
>
> Can anyone shed any light?
>
> Thanks
>
> Stuart
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