How To Connect Main Water Line To Meter

Connecting to the public water supply

Connecting to the public water supply is permitted only with a consent issued in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance for Bled municipality (Ordinance on the drinking water supply in the municipality of Bled, Official Periodical of the RS, No. sixteen/09) and the Ordinance on the mode of conducting local utilities for the drinking water supply in the municipality of Gorje (Official newsletterof Slovene municipalities, No. 18/12) and in accordance with the regulations that deal with the construction of buildings.

Installation of the connection to the public water supply (installation, pressure testing and plumbing fixtures of the meter), with the exception of land and the other piece of work can only be carried out by a caretaker or a qualified contractor of such works with the consent of the caretaker.

The connexion to the water supply is carried out at the expense of the user, as is the water meter installation to the existing connections.

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H2o meter box

The h2o meter box containing the water meter must exist installed exterior of the building and must be an appropriate size and in an accessible identify. The water meter box is intended to firm the water meter. We recommend that you install standard outdoor water meter thermal boxes. Only these are fabricated to protect your water meter against the cold in winter conditions, fifty-fifty when y'all are not using any water or merely very piddling.

Water meter

A residential water meter is i which measures the usage of drinking water from the public water supply. The water meter is installed in a box. In multi-residence housing, the water meters must exist installed in a common and easily attainable place, if possible, for each residential unit separately. The water meter is endemic by the user.

Water meters are regularly replaced in accord with valid regulations that require them to be replaced and inspected every five years. The cost of replacing the water meter is covered past the user, as part of the network access charge, which is paid as a apartment rate every month depending on the size of the water meter together with the water consumption.

The user can request additional monitoring of their water meter, if they suspect that the measurements are incorrect. If during monitoring, the residential water meter shows water utilise which exceeds the allowable deviations, the contractor covers the costs of additional monitoring, if not, the user covers the costs. To prevented unauthorised interventions, such as moving or removing the water meter, dissentious the mechanism and other interferences, the flagman seals the water meter equally before long every bit it is installed. There is a seal of verification on the meter. Information technology is forbidden to remove or impairment the seal. If an authorised worker for the water meter flagman discovers that the seal has been removed, damaged or destroyed, or that the user has fabricated any sort of intervention to the fitting betwixt the connexion valve, the valve on the secondary pipe and water meter, the user's supply of drinking water may be cut off without prior notice.

The user is required to immediately report any malfunctioning of the h2o supply connection or residential h2o meter to the caretaker. Each user is responsible for their own h2o use. We oft find that leaking toilet cisterns, worn piping seals or damage to the internal plumbing pb to uncontrolled water leakage, which is then reflected in the meter reading displayed. It is oft the instance that the user is surprised at the amount of water used, which is why we advise that you carefully monitor your monthly water usage and in the event that yous notice an increase in consumption, look for the causes.