Water meters revamped
MIDRAND - Johannesburg Water has appointed five contractors to address problematic meters across the city over a period of four months.
The objective of the contract is to ensure the effective and efficient metering of water being supplied to customers. Joburg Water recognises that when customers’ meters are operating optimally it will allow for accurate consumer consumption monitoring and billing.
Meter installation and maintenance will also assist Joburg Water to be able to record water flow data and improve the quality of the water demand and conservation strategy.
The scope of the work that will be conducted by the contractors will include:
- Replacement of leaking or faulty meters and valves.
- The raising of meters which have become buried.
- Locating meters which have been labelled “unable to locate”.
- Where meters are located within customer properties, these meters are to be relocated to the outside of the customers’ property to allow easy access to Joburg Water meter reading staff.
- Meters scheduled for replacement will be exchanged with above-ground meters, to ensure that meters do not become buried in the future.
According to the entity, residents can rest assured that areas where work is conducted will be restored to their original state, and any new installation which is reported faulty will be repaired by the responsible contractor.
This project will also curb the recent spike in the number of reported stolen domestic meters. The meters that are targeted are the old version and contain some metal value, whereas replacement meters are made up of plastic.
Residents should take note that contractors will have identification tags with them for security reasons.
