Smart water meters are Gov’t property & should not be touched- W&SD Director
“We’ve metered out areas like Anegada, we have done Anegada fully… Jost van Dyke fully, we still have a lot of work to do on Virgin Gorda and of course, we have some work to do here on Tortola,” she said during a July 12, 2022. GIS report on the department.
Mrs Scatiffe-Leonard added that it is an exciting time for the department and that staff are eager for the rollout of smart meters as it relates to more innovations like remote monitoring.
She said field staff can now just drive by a location and get a meter reading rather than having to go to ‘every little nook.’
"Once we read the meter... We receive not just the meter reading, we receive the temperature of your water, how long you have been without water, which area has been without water for days," she revealed.
No tampering with meters - Mrs Scatiffe-Leonard
However, the W&SD Director warned that persons should not tamper with the meters as it remains state property. She said customers are taking meters off and turning them around.
She said smart meters can pick up on the violation, whereas, with the previous analog meters, the violation was not detected.
"They should not be touching the meters, it's actually government property. if the meter needs to be moved for some reason, a request must be made."
She added that if persons don't want the meter anymore a request must be made and that the department will enforce the laws regarding tampering with meters or any W&SD installation, which remains an offence punishable by law.
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21 Responses to “Smart water meters are Gov’t property & should not be touched- W&SD Director”
They don't even have worker that can come and check up on the lines is a who department to deal with person who damages government property I LAUGH OUT LOUD....
let me go full my bucket up before them shut it off again. cause i never have running water.
The incompetent people that were contracted to install these new meters are the ones that installed several of them the wrong way but M*s L....... herself is incompetent so she wouldn’t know any better.
What they need to do is figure out how the first reading after the installation of these new meters my bill which is normally $38-50 is now $400+ and can’t be rectified
fact the department is running sh**ty the staff them don't care about their customers.