How to Use water meter in a Sentence

water meter

noun

• There are plans to roll out the water meter across South Africa and Africa.
  — Emma Reynolds, CNN, 23 Sep. 2019
• The man hit the pug with an 18-inch pry bar used to lift covers on water meters.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 22 Feb. 2018
• Check to make sure that all the valves closest to the water meter are fully opened.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2020
• The shut-off is often near the water meter or where the main water line enters the home.
  — Washington Post, 23 July 2019
• Scrape the pipe coming into your water meter from the floor or a wall.
  — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2019
• Reminder to pile leaves away from storm drains and water meter covers and parked cars.
  — cleveland, 13 Oct. 2019
• Make sure the lid on your water meter pit is tightly secured.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2022
• Check to make sure that all the valves closest to the water meter are fully opened (in the case of a well system, this would be valves closest to the home’s pressure tank).
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
• The maximum allowable fee for wastewater was found to be $2,521 for the same size of water meter.
  — Paul Wedding, Houston Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2019
• If your water meter is in the basement, ensure the area is heated and check for broken windows.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
• For over a year, Baltimore’s water meter readers would get a list of jobs at the beginning of their shifts.
  — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2018
• In this scenario, water meters would be read every 32 days and the billing schedule would be on a 30-day cycle until the deficit amount was paid.
  — Carissa Lamkahouan, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2020
• While most people have a water meter on the side of their homes, usage isn’t measured for secondary-water users.
  — NBC News, 3 Feb. 2022
• There were also expletives spray painted on the road, a water meter and a campaign flag.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2020
• Residents can also turn off their home's water at the water meter to help prevent frozen and burst pipes.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 16 Feb. 2021
• Eckert struck a water meter valve, an SRP electrical box and Lans.
  — Katelyn Keenehan, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2020
• The town also needed to install new water meters in every home.
  — Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
• For many properties, it’s located near the street a few feet downstream of your water meter.
  — Taylor Walcik, Dallas News, 12 June 2022
• Another way to detect a leak, and the easiest way, McCarthy said, is to check your water meter.
  — Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
• The city manages water meter reading and billing for the county under a long-standing agreement.
  — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• The water meter replacement program begins this month and will take three years to complete.
  — Linda Greenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• On a follow-up visit in early June, Mr. Gilmer checked the water meter again and discovered evidence of a tiny leak.
  — Jim Carlton, WSJ, 26 July 2022
• The funds will help install advanced water meters to detect leaks and manage water resources in a town of 200 people.
  — The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023
• The relationship with Siemens, the company that was paid to fix the water meters, was also in disarray.
  — Joshua Lott, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023
• The council approved increases of 3.5 percent for water use and 5.5 percent for the fixed water meter charge.
  — Steve Dreyer, Pomerado News, 20 Dec. 2017
• Homeowners can tell if their water service line contains lead based on the color of the pipe, which can be found by their water meter, Zingsheim said.
  — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2021
• Attaching the sensor to the water meter itself turned out to be no more difficult than tightening a belt.
  — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• In other business, the town voted 5-0 to pass the cost of water meters along to residents and businesses with new construction.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, Post-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2018
• The plate placed on the water meter will limit the amount of water that passes through and make outdoor watering impossible.
  — Brittny Mejiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
• For the past decade, the city has been conserving thousands of acre-feet a year by installing water meters and improving delivery systems.
  — Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler and Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 18 June 2018

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024