Urban Water

Maintenance Responsibilities
Service Interruptions
Meter Readings
Calculating Your Water Consumption
Flow Rate
Backflow Prevention
Frequently Asked Questions

Meter Readings
Meters are read four times a year, in the months of September, December, March and June.

A typical meter reading is shown below, the Black numbers (usually 4) show the reading in kilolitres. The red numbers (usually 3) indicate hundreds, tens and units of litres respectively.

0462371

Lower Murray Water only read the black numbers. The dial reading above would be read as 462 kilolitres. This is deducted from the previous reading to calculate consumption.