{"id":166983,"date":"2023-06-12T03:50:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T08:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=166983"},"modified":"2023-06-13T03:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:53:46","slug":"long-awaited-water-meter-replacement-project-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/06\/12\/long-awaited-water-meter-replacement-project-to-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Water meter replacement project to begin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a project that will take a handful of months to complete but it\u2019s finally about to get underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After nearly nine months worth of delays caused by supply chain issues, Van Wert\u2019s water meter replacement project is on schedule to begin on Tuesday, June 20. The project was originally slated to begin last October and be complete by the winter holidays. In all, approximately 4,000 existing water meters are expected to be replaced during the upcoming process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to try to do this over a three month period, with 10 days in June to get started as a trial date, along with July, August and September,\u201d Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming told city council last month. \u201cThe meters we install from June 20 to July 27, that group, once they\u2019re installed, will be read and converted to monthly billing. Then we\u2019ll do the same thing with meters installed in (the rest of) July, August and September. The goal is when the October 1 bill comes out, everyone in the city will be on 30-day monthly billing, so we\u2019re going to hammer through it this summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Water-meter-collage-6-11-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166984\"\/><figcaption>Van Wert&#8217;s water meter installation project will finally begin next week. The project should be complete sometime in September. Most of the new meters will go underground where existing meters are now. <em>Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In August of 2022, Van Wert City Council approved the change from quarterly to monthly billing to coincide with the new water meters. The new radio-read meters will allow for accurate month-by-month billing. Rates are not expected to increase with the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By July, between 75-100 new water meters will be installed each day. In most cases, Van Wert water customers won\u2019t actually see the new meters, as they\u2019ll go where the existing meters are underground. Each residence will be without water for just a couple of minutes during the installation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March of 2019, then-Mayor Jerry Mazur and City Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming recently gave Water Distribution Supervisor Bud Mengerink the green light to proceed with a pilot program of installing 250 new water meters. The pilot program was designed to allow for a complete evaluation of the new meters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor It\u2019s a project that will take a handful of months to complete but it\u2019s finally about to get underway. After nearly nine months worth of delays caused by supply chain issues, Van Wert\u2019s water meter replacement project is on schedule to begin on Tuesday, June 20. 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