Show olly cily prepares bils bills for metered water bills dills for water measured for the first time on meters in vernal arc going out to residents 1 this ls week lehoy leroy taylor city manager mn nager reported Wod wednesday nesda to study effect of metering and to compare costs with for mer years rp members embers of the vernal city council spent two night sessions last week with a charge of seven cents fer per 1000 gallons the vernal rate is 5 fourth lowest in utah rates 1 at I south weber falmore and south south ogden are arc the only ones lower than those in vernal the city manager pointed out there was one instance where more than gallons of water wafer were used nt at one residence mr taylor pointed out cost for tant water will be approximately according to the rate schedule on the otier oter hand approximately one fourth of all residents did not use over the minimum of gallons of water for which is charged the two month period which is covered by meters july and august were the hottest and of the year and offered an ideal opportunity to check meter rate mr taylor said mid ile he said that it if bills seem un usually high such things as leaking faucets open water hoses without sprinklers lers and leaking pipes should be checked carefully and repaired thousands of gallons of water are wasted each month because of leaks he said mid if residents have doubts as to the accuracy of their meters they are arc reminded by the city officials that the meters can be checked quickly by the city to determine their accuracy also readings can be checked to make sure there were no errors mr taylor said from appearances city boffl officials agreed the meters are serving their purpose admirably first of all residents were able to use water at any time of the day or night and have adequate pressure last year for example watering hours were imposed on residents during the entire summer and pressure got so low that fire fighters were handicapped 0 greatly meters too are showing just which residents are using the volume of water and those who are using the water are being charged for it As rates were set up before some residents took advantage of the flate rate and wasted das dds quantities of water thru leaking taps and pipes there was no incentive to have plumbing repaired under tile the 01 old oid I 1 estem system another A n her costly habit has been shown up through meters the habit of leaving sprinklers lers on all night in one spot one such sus night would waste enough water to ibe ife a large lawn adequately if residents feel their bills are too high they are asked to con tack the city office no concessions will be made mr taylor said unless meter readings are found to be incorrect |