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Mr. Lincoln, we have a problem, your meter is in
backwards…
The person on the telephone kind of blew me away. I asked her to tell me
what she was saying three times and then questioned her more yet.
We get calls from folk wanting to give us free estimates for new or
better windows. There are calls about our driveway and house siding. Even more
calls about sales and offers of the latest and best cruise to the Caribbean.
But this call was very different.
“Mr. Lincoln it appears that when they replaced your water meter last
year, it was installed backwards. As we
have been testing it remotely it appears that it is subtracting rather than
adding the amount of water that you are using.
The account is in the negative” said the young lady on the telephone.
My mouth kind of dropped open, “You’re
kidding right?” I replied. To which she
assured me that she was not.
We arranged for a water meter reversal to
take place on Thursday morning. Sometime
between 10 AM and 12 PM a technician/plumber will come and do surgery on our
water meter.
For those that don’t live in our area – the new
water meters here have an electronic feature that the city is able to read the
meter remotely.
Peterborough has never had water meters and
it is a new adventure for us to billed for our water usage. All the places that we have lived in have all
had water meters. This is going back to
the old way for us. And it is a new revenue source for this city.
So having a meter that takes back the amount
of water that we use – or doesn’t read correctly… the poor city would not be
able to pay for our large Mayor’s salary.
Or is that our Mayor’s salary?
It is a first. I post it today to let other folk in our city
know what has happened as well. I would love to hear from you if the City of
Peterborough is not getting enough money from you – and your meter is in
backwards.
I am still scratching my head on this one.
~ Murray Lincoln ~
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