Fire Hydrant Meter

The meter measures a wide flow range to maximize revenue.

Fire hydrant meter.

The meter is read when installed and read when removed for an accurate amount of reported usage is billed. Any and all damages including freezing to the meter or hydrant shall be billed to the requestor up to the full replacement cost and staff time. Ames model 6000hmb or watts model 994hmb portable hydrant meter backflow preventers prevent the reverse flow of polluted water from entering into the potable water supply where flow is in one direction and the possibility of cross connections exists such as at a fire hydrant or other non permanent installation. The fire hydrant meter program provides service for customers within the city of durham and outlines specific procedures to follow for authorized use of public fire hydrants.

Step 4 fire hydrant meter reads will need to be reported by the 20th of each month. The omni h meter assembly maintains peak performance and continuous operation without affecting long term accuracy or causing any undue component wear. It meets or exceeds the latest performance requirements of awwa. Many businesses today landscape service companies construction and pool contractors for example often need a temporary source of water and they are willing to pay for it.

Fhb bubba 6 high flow fire hydrant meter bubba fire hydrant meters are light weight portable units designed to measure a wide variety of cold potable water flows from fire hydrants where flows are in one direction. Maximum flow rates may be exceeded by 25 for intermittent flows. The omni fire hydrant h commercial meter is designed to measure water from fire hydrants and other non permanent applications. In addition all meters must be returned to saws annually for preventative maintenance and inspection.

Neptune s fire hydrant water meter is designed for mobile use in metering flows from fire hydrants. The city of tampa makes portable meters available for temporary water service from a fire hydrant for construction or a similar temporary use. No private meters may be installed on city hydrants. It consists of a stainless steel.

These meters have a large 6 turbine measuring element for use in applications where high flows are expected. Only water department personnel are authorized to install move or remove portable meters from fire hydrants. Please present your saws bill at that time which will state the meter due date to the saws meter shop located at 3930 east houston street. The requestor shall not move or remove the hydrant meter or operate the fire hydrant.