Reading Your Water Meter
About Your Water Meter
A water meter registers the amount of water that flows through the connection to your property. A ball valve is attached at the head of the meter to turn off the water supply to your home for repairs to leaking taps or pipes. The meter also contains a dual check valve designed to protect the water supply by preventing the backflow of water into the reticulation system. Only Livingstone Shire Council employees are permitted to maintain and change water meters.
Reading your water meter
Your water meter is normally located on the footpath or inside your front property boundary. It will be either in a box of approximately 500mm x 225mm x 3220mm with a green dimpled lid or above ground. The water meter measures how much water is used per property in metrics. The following details will help you in reading your water meter.
- The black numbers represent kilolitres (kL), this is the unit of measurement our meter readers record as your water read; and
- The white numbers on the red dials represent litres.
You can monitor your water usage by conducting regular checks of your meter (we recommend weekly) reads to help monitor usage and identify potential leaks.
To calculate your daily water use, please follow the instructions below:
1. On day one, record all the numbers that you see on the water meter. Note the time of day.
2. On day two, repeat step 1. Conduct this reading at the same time as you did the reading on day one.
3. Subtract the numbers recorded on day one from day two. This is your household’s daily water usage.
Maintaining access to your water meter
It is your responsibility to ensure that your meter (or meter box) is accessible. The meter must be at or above ground level. You must not fill the area around your meter or cover it with garden beds, trees or shrubs.
If you notice bees or other pests in your meter box, please inform Council via our online customer service centre so that their removal can be arranged.