Plan:

• As required by State law (AB2572), the District must install a water meter on all customer accounts by January 1, 2025.
• In February 2004, the District's Board of Directors adopted a Meter Asset Management Plan which outlines how the District will install water meters on all customer connections by 2025.

Major 2021 project facts:

• 941 flat rate services will be retrofitted with meters.
• A map of the entire retrofit project as well as the 8 Subareas can be accessed below.

• 2021 Meter Retrofit Project Map
• Meter Retrofit Subarea 6D1
• Meter Retrofit Subarea 6D2
• Meter Retrofit Subarea 48F1
• Meter Retrofit Subarea 48F2
• Meter Retrofit Subarea 48F3
• Meter Retrofit Subarea 48J
• Meter Retrofit Subarea 53D
• Meter Retrofit Subarea 75C

Schedule:

• The project is planned to start in spring of 2021 and be completed in the fall of 2021.

Items to be completed at each property:

• Excavation of the existing District shut off valve
• Removal of the shut off valve
• Installation of a new meter box, meter setter and meter
• Flushing the newly installed water service
• Reconnection to the residential service line
• A District contractor will provide labor, equipment, and miscellaneous materials including those for the restoration of existing landscape and hardscape as necessary to complete each retrofit.
• Permanent restoration will be completed on an area-wide basis typically within 4-6 weeks of the meter installation.

Billing:

• Flat rate billing will remain in effect until November 2022 when it will convert to meter rate billing.
• Shortly after your meter is installed, your water bill will include new informational items:
  • A consumption graph showing monthly usage.
  • Meter rate billing amount.
• You may opt to start meter rate billing early.  If so, please contact the Customer Service Department at 916.972.7171 or email feedback@sswd.org.            

Water Meter Facts and FAQs.

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