Ridgewood Water to buy new meters
Tuesday October 8, 2013, 10:34 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Ridgewood Council members waved a cautionary flag last month when learning that Ridgewood has only one option from which to purchase more than $500,000 worth of water meters for Ridgewood Water.
But last week, acting Village Manager Heather Mailander said Ridgewood’s cost was reasonable compared to other options.
Ridgewood’s water utility has asked the Village Council to approve the acquisition of the meters and various individual meter components that are needed for repair work throughout the system. The water department is in the midst of a multi-year process to move the meter reading system from telephone lines to radio frequency.
In its current state, approximately 55 percent of the system’s meters use radio frequency and give off accurate readings. Most property owners with older phone-line based equipment receive estimated meter readings, according to Ridgewood Water business director Dave Scheibner.
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Do yourselves a favor. BEFORE you allow a new meter install, opt-in for their ‘leak program’ in which the utility will pay to fix a broken or leaky pipe between the street and the meter. In many cases the installation of a new meter causes a leak on the shut-off valve on the ‘town side’ of the meter (NOT your shutoff on the ‘home’ side’) Its an expensive repair ($300 ish) which is unnecessary. (all the village SHOULD do is shut off the water @ the street valve when installing these new meters)
time to sell the water dept. it’s worth a 40,mill