The Water Meter 

All of Winston-Dillard Water meters are read manually once a month.

Nearly all residential meters in service have a similar variation of the dial shown below.

The register has a sweep hand which measures water usage in gallons. One complete revolution equals ten gallons of water through the meter. The odometer-type register in the middle of the dial registers the hundreds of gallons used.

To read the meter you record the numbers from the odometer-type register. Since the odometer registers in hundreds of gallons you do not record the last two numbers. (The last number is a permanent number and the next dial registers tenths.) The remaining dials register the actual (in hundreds) water used. Subtract the previous reading from the new reading and you will know how many hundreds of gallons of water you have used.

The set up in your meter box should include the curb/angle stop, the meter and customers globe valve. Some customers will be required to have a backflow preventer, which will be located in a separate box adjacent to the meter box. All services are required to have a pressure regulator (PRV) installed on the customers side of the system due to the high pressure within the distribution system. The customer globe valve is provided to allow customers to shut off the flow of water to their residence if you are planning on doing some type of plumbing work or have an emergency

Do not use the curb/angle stop located just before the meter to shut off the flow of water to your residence. The curb/angle stop is the property of the Water District, it is not designed for constant use and is very easy to damage or ruin. Please, always use the customer globe valve to stop or control the flow of water to your residence.

Here are some images of a meterbox, curb/angle stop, water meter , globe valve and pressure regulator (PRV)