How to Use water meter in a Sentence

water meter

noun
  • Keep cold air out of your water meter.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Make sure the water meter box doesn’t freeze by keeping the lid on.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Make sure the water meter box doesn’t freeze by keeping the lid on.
    — Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Make sure the water meter box doesn’t freeze by keeping the lid on.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Make sure the water meter box doesn’t freeze by keeping the lid on.
    — Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Make sure the water meter box doesn’t freeze by keeping the lid on.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Scrape the pipe coming into your water meter from the floor or a wall.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Make sure the lid on your water meter pit is tightly secured.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Make sure the lid on your water meter pit is secured tightly.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Make sure the lid on your water meter pit is tightly secured.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Smart water meters track each time a resident turns on their tap.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Check to make sure that all the valves closest to the water meter are fully opened.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In April of last year, the city installed brand new water meters.
    — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The man hit the pug with an 18-inch pry bar used to lift covers on water meters.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The shut-off is often near the water meter or where the main water line enters the home.
    — Washington Post, 23 July 2019
  • There are plans to roll out the water meter across South Africa and Africa.
    — Emma Reynolds, CNN, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The town also needed to install new water meters in every home.
    — Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
  • If your water meter is in the basement, ensure the area is heated and check for broken windows.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • If your water meter is in the basement, ensure the area is heated and check for broken windows.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • If your water meter is in the basement, ensure the area is heated and check for broken windows.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
  • There were also expletives spray painted on the road, a water meter and a campaign flag.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Residents can also turn off their home's water at the water meter to help prevent frozen and burst pipes.
    — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 16 Feb. 2021
  • For many properties, it’s located near the street a few feet downstream of your water meter.
    — Taylor Walcik, Dallas News, 12 June 2022
  • The water meter replacement program begins this month and will take three years to complete.
    — Linda Greenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • While most people have a water meter on the side of their homes, usage isn’t measured for secondary-water users.
    — NBC News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Weekly watering schedules might need to be updated as well, so keep a water meter on hand to keep plants perky.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 10 July 2024
  • The city manages water meter reading and billing for the county under a long-standing agreement.
    — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Last April, a local utility ran a pilot for one such water meter in Turin.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Dec. 2017
  • For over a year, Baltimore’s water meter readers would get a list of jobs at the beginning of their shifts.
    — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2018
  • Social Circle went as far as to put a lock on the water meter going to the property on the outskirts of town.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 18 June 2026

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