FAIRVIEW, TEXAS

We encourage you to read your meter periodically. This will allow you to see how much water you use on a daily basis. To read your meter, simply open the cover and write down all the numbers in the white and black boxes.

Most meters have 4 white boxes with black numbers followed by two black boxes with white numbers followed by a white zero surrounded in blue. These are displayed on the picture shown.

Reading from Right to Left –

1. The first black box with a white number represents 10s of gallons. A 3 in that box would represent 30 gallons.
2. The second black box represents 100s of gallons. A 2 in the second box would represent 200 gallons.
3. The first white box with black numbers would represent 1,000s of gallons. A 5 in this box would represent
   5,000 gallons.
4. In the illustration, the water usage would be 5,230 gallons.

To determine your usage, pick a day and write down all the numbers displayed. Then read the meter again at about the same time the next day.

Subtract the second day’s reading from the first. This will tell you how many gallons you used.

Remember to add a zero at the end of your calculation, since we do not measure units lower than 10 gallons.

Please note: The Town of Fairview rounds our billing to the nearest 1,000 gallons.