AWWA ACE90119

AWWA ACE90119 Dialing for Dollars; Meters are a Monetary Plus (Universal Metering in Denver)
Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 01/01/1990

Inman, Elizabeth Seymore; Shellenbaum, Glen E.

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From the Denver Water Department's (DWD) view, universal metering is essential because: it is good utility practice to bill accounts on the same basis; DWD had agreed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1979 to consider universal metering; and DWD's inside-city metered customers were claiming that the flat rate people wasted water shamelessly because there was no financial penalty. This paper explains the purpose, method, and results of the Denver Water Department's universal metering program.