Sizing of Water Meters

Abstract

Sizing a meter requires that the interests of both the customer and the supplier be equally considered. Determination of demand is predictable to a degree commensurate with the completeness of information about the service required. Selection of the correct type and size of meter for a demand of known type and magnitude can be made a matter of routine. Many of the problems of sizing meters can be eliminated by the adoption of general rules or policies governing the use of different types of meters. At Houston, the use of displacement meters in only the small sizes and the use of compound meters in all the larger sizes have, by routine policy, reduced the number of instances when meters have been either overworked, with consequent excessive wear, or oversized with resulting under‐registration.