- A. Testing Equipment--Utilities maintaining meters on their systems for measuring culinary water service shall have equipment approved by the Commission available for testing the accuracy of the meters.
- B. Testing Intervals--Utilities shall establish testing methods and intervals satisfactory to the Commission.
- C. Customer Test Requests--Utilities shall test the accuracy of their meters at the request of customers free of charge if the meter has not been tested for a period within the 12 months before the request. If the meter has been tested within 12 months of the request, and the test discloses the meter records within a range of 97 percent to 103 percent of absolute accuracy, under test conditions satisfactory to the Commission, the utility may charge the customer for costs of the test.
- D. Meter Standards of Accuracy--Utilities shall replace meters which do not record within 97 percent to 103 percent of accuracy under testing methods approved by the Commission.
- E. Meter Cards--Utilities shall keep individual cards for each meter measuring culinary water service. The cards shall show, at a minimum identification data; date and location of latest meter test; reason for test; name of person or organization performing test; and result of test. The meter cards shall be available for inspection by the Commission at reasonable hours.
KEY: public utilities, sewerage, water, water quality
Date of Last Change: March 14, 1997
Notice of Continuation: February 3, 2023
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 54-2-1; 54-4-1; 54-4-7; 54-4-18; 54-4-23