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Do your homework before installing water submeter

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 04, 2012

~~<p><strong>Question</strong>: How do you calculate the savings for a water submeter in a single-family home? The Board of Water Supply seems to require special permits, etc., all of which are costly.</p>
<p><strong>Answer</strong>: The Board of Water Supply handles the billing, but it is the city Department of Environmental Services that oversees the Wastewater Discharge Submeter Program, which allows customers to install submeters to determine sewer charges.</p>
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Question: How do you calculate the savings for a water submeter in a single-family home? The Board of Water Supply seems to require special permits, etc., all of which are costly.

Answer: The Board of Water Supply handles the billing, but it is the city Department of Environmental Services that oversees the Wastewater Discharge Submeter Program, which allows customers to install submeters to determine sewer charges. Login for more...



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