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If
a meter reading card is left at your property or received
by mail, this means that we were unable to access your
meter(s). You can assist us by reading your meters yourself
and submitting the reading by mail (postage pre-paid)
or online at carmichaelwd.org.
If you are mailing your reading, please date and sign
the self-read card. Make sure that your address and
meter numbers are clearly marked as well as your account
number from your Billing Statement.
How to Read Your Water
Meter
Water meters have a
reading just like the odometer in your car. Record all
the numbers from your meter, including shaded digit(s),
in the boxes on the self-read card.
If you use the self read method, a meter reader must
read your meters every six months to verify accuracy.
You must provide access on the verify meter reading
date as well as a few days before and after the date.
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Save time by submitting your meter reading
online
If you do not know the location your meter, contact our office
so we can make arrangements to locate and show you how to
read the meter. If you have any questions or need to make
other arrangements for access please call our Customer Service
Department at 483-2452.
HOW TO READ YOU WATER METER
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Nearly all water meters currently in service in Carmichael
Water District’s system have a similar variation of
the dials shown. They not only look like an automobile odometer,
they work like one too. One revolution of the sweep hand records
one cubic foot of water (a cubic foot of water is 7.48 gallons).
This single cubic foot of water is recorded on the right-most
(black) tumbler, just like tenths of a mile on an odometer.
From there the tumblers move in multiples of ten.
The charges for water on your Utility bill reference CCF.
This is the acronym used to represent one hundred cubic feet
of water.
Reading your water meter is similar to reading the odometer
in your car. Read all the numbers from left to right. Do not
include the numbers after the decimal point or the numbers
with a black background.
Converting CCF to gallons
For billing purposes, CWD measures water consumption in hundred
cubic feet (CCF) every month. But you can easily calculate
your usage in gallons.
There are 748 gallons in one hundred cubic feet. Multiply
the number of CCF by 748 gallons to determine the number of
gallons used.
The small red triangle is referred to as a low flow indicator.
It’s standard on meters installed in the last 8 to 10
years. Its purpose is to show water flow that is too small
to be seen by watching the sweep hand. Did you know that a
dripping faucet can leak 3 gallons of water a day? Or that
a 1/16 inch hole in a water pipe with 60 pounds of pressure
will leak 24,000 gallons in a month?
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