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Most residential customers will have one of two types of water meters at their property. The first type will have a numerical odometer reading on it. The second type of meter is more difficult to read in that it normally has 6 or 7 small dials, similar to that on a clock.

Here is an illustration of the first style, an odometer type meter face, with a reading of 25,647 cubic feet:

On meters with multiple dials, you need to use only the readings of the following four dials to check your bill:

1) 1,000
2) 10,000
3) 100,000
4) 1,000,000

When filling out your meter reading card that you send to the City’s Customer Service Department, you should still record all of the dials. When a pointer on any of these dials is between two numbers, you should use the lower number.

Here is an illustration of the second style, a dial type meter face, with the hands recording usage of 25,647.1 cubic feet: