On 2/9/2014 10:59 AM, dpb wrote:
On 2/9/2014 10:00 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
wrote:
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That would be typical if meter in house...don't know your jurisdiction
rules but generally in locations where I've been on central supply as
opposed to own well, the utility considers everything up to the meter
"theirs" and from there on "yours". If you don't have water at the
meter, I'd think it's their problem.

I know you said "generally" so I'll just tell you how it works where I
live. The meter is in the house with a shut off just before it. In my
case,
the shutoff is about 6" from the block wall. The water authority
considers
anything inside the house to be mine. Thus the inside shutoff and the
meter
are technically my responsibility.
...

Try taking it out and replacing it with a straight pipe and see what
they think of "responsibility"...

But, the real question is who's responsible for the run from the
tap/cutoff from the main to the outside wall, then? If it's visible
inside and no issues there and there's no water at that point out of the
meter is it your problem or the utility's?

I'd think the more like breakpoint in a case where the meter is inside
the house would be at the external shutoff--can't imagine the utility
laying claim to the feed line to the house from that point.

But, I've never been anywhere w/ inside meters as outlined above -- they
put the meter as close to the main as they can for precisely the reason
of minimizing that supply line that's theirs plus, of course, in the
olden days before wireless it was quicker/easier for reading to only
have to walk the street easement.

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