Water Meter Size

Typical water meter sizes are.

Water meter size.

A larger meter size than what is required could mean that a residential customer will pay less each billing period and the utility profits would be undermined. One rotation of the sweep hand may be equivalent to 10 gallons or to 1 000 gallons 1 to 100 ft. We apologize for any inconvenience. Fixture unit table for determining water pipe meter sizes.

Meter street service inches building supply branches inches maximum allowable length feet 40 60 80 100 150 200 250 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000. 5 8 3 4 1 1 1 2. 5 8 meters are generally used on older homes where the service tubing size was 1 2 5 8 x 3 4 water meter a 5 8 x 3 4 water meter has a 5 8 water flow capacity just like a 5 8 meter. Water meter size calculator.

These use meter couplings and gaskets referred to interchangeably as 5 8 or 1 2. If you can t read the pipe size on the pipe leaving the meter don t worry. Also don t lay a ruler across it and use that measurement. Please use form w 3 for small meters 5 8 1 or form w 4 for large meters 1 5 and larger to calculate your meter size.

It is fairly common for the meter to be one size smaller than the feed pipe to the house. The online water meter size calculator is temporarily unavailable. If you have pvc you might be lucky. 3 0 1 to 10 m 3.

Different size meters indicate different resolutions of the reading.