The Caldwell County Water District is set to replace roughly 500 water meters in a large project that will take place over the next three months.
The replacement of those comes due to failed or poor performing water meters, and Superintendent Cody Kirby reports the water district currently has 2,212 water meters in the ground serving nearly 6,000 customers in Caldwell County. Of those, 42 percent are underperforming for accurate billing.
Thanks to a partnership with the Caldwell County Judge’s Office and the Pennyrile Area Development District, the water district will embark on conducting the $1 million project to get those meters replaced. The failed or poor performing meters that stand out in billing reports will be replaced first.
Some customers could see an increase on their bill, but that’s due to the poor performing meters, and the project to replace them is set to start near October 1.
Superintendent Kirby says they’re excited to get this project underway and customers will see benefits in the long run, with the district able to notify customers of leaks within 24-hours, an opportunity for customers to receive water leakage push notifications via their mobile device, as well as have accurate and fair billing throughout the county service area.