If the equipment used to measure water volume, record data, and transmit data has been tested at the request of a consumer and has been determined to register "fast," the City shall credit the consumer with a sum equal to the percent "fast" multiplied by the amount of all bills incurred by such consumer within the two months prior to the test. If the equipment used to measure water volume, record data, and transmit data so tested is determined to register "slow," the Department of Public Works may collect from the consumer a sum equal to the percent "slow" multiplied by the amount of all bills incurred by the consumer for the prior two months. When the Department, on its own initiative, makes a test of the equipment used to measure water volume, record data, and transmit data, it shall be done without cost to the consumer, other than the payment of the amount due to the City for water used by the consumer if the equipment is found to be "slow." If it is found that the equipment used to measure water volume, record data, and transmit data, registers as neither “fast” or “slow”, the consumer is subject to charges as defined in § 1040.09.
(Ord. 14-01. Passed 10-16-01; Ord. 07-2010. Passed 6-15-10.)