Show Water meters in Duchesne bring in money DUCHESNE Slightly more than half of the culinary water in Duchesne City have paid for the water meter and Its installation which must be installed by April Hildur W. city reports that payment has been received for the meter service on of the water connections to the water Collections to date to for the including- partial payment on four of So of the hookups and meters are for i connections at five are for the same size as payment received after one is for a connection for the Uintah Power and Light at a cost of The county paid for its two-inch connection at the courthouse and the a three-inch connection for the schools cost Cost of the meter and its installation after March 1 is Culinary water service will be discontinued to those connections not metered by April in compliance with a city This is the first time Duchesne has had water meters in its culinary water system on a mass basis A few have been used in testing the meters and to measure water use during consumption The city council enacted this ordinance in an effort to conserve culinary water and has set the water rates at a nominal For the flat rate of has been charged against each residence connection to the city culinary water The property owners are obligated to pay for the meter cost and Installation is being handled under management of city personnel and and is underway despite the unusually severe winter weather which was experienced here this |