At least for me, my water meter is in the basement and there is a shut-off there, but then there is another shut-off between there and the main. That is the one buried in the lawn.
I assume that in some warmer places the meters may be above ground level. And in places that don't have basements, I have no idea where they might put them. We have a box on the outside of the house that is supposed to let the meter readers read the water usage electronically. However, I have my suspicions that they don't read them all that often as once a year or two, I get a ridiculous water bill that is for much more than my average bill. For instance, they only charge by the thousand gallons here. My bill is typically for 3000 gallons a month, occasionally it dips just below that I guess and the bill is for 2000 gallons. Last year I got a bill for 8000 gallons. I made them come out and reread the meter and they said it was correct. I seriously doubt I just happened to use an extra 5000 gallons in 30 days without realizing it. That would be more than just a drip. Same exact thing happened to a buddy of mine. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081
