On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:05:54 +0000, Allan
wrote:

On 16/01/2011 10:53, Neil wrote:
I have never read our water meter before so I decided to check it. The
latest bill said" estimate".

Anyway, I lever up the cast iron cover and it doesn't look like it has
been read for years, but between the meter itself and the cover at
street level is a piece of white cable / pipe that leads up to
something epoxied into a plastic housing mounted in a hole in the
cover.

Am I right in assuming this provides some kind of means for them
reading the meter without lifting the cover?

How does that work then, 'cos it looks incredibly unsophisticated?

You don't say which water company you are with.
Up here, Yorkshire Water, they are starting to put automated meter
reading devices in; AIUI, it's done by a wireless device and they can
read about 6 at one go without getting out of the van.
YW info at: http://www.yorkshirewater.com/newmeter

Allan


It's Bournemouth and West Hants. The meter doesn't look at nice as the
one in that photo though.