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What is a water check-up?

City staff will come to homes and businesses to give:
▪  Instructions on meter reading.
▪  Check for leaks inside and outside.
▪  Evaluate all water uses in your facility or home.
▪  Provide information on rebates, incentive programs, and water conservation strategies for residents/businesses.

Irrigation System Check-up


City staff will visit your site and
▪  Check efficiency of irrigation system.
▪  Develop an irrigation schedule.
▪  Provide information on landscaping and irrigation technology and programs.

Do I have a leak?

Using your water meter to find a leak


We encourage our water customers to read their water meters.  

Your Water Meter  (PDF),  Medidor de Agua (PDF)

Quick tips:
▪  Keep water off -  
When checking your water meter be sure there is no water being used on the property.

▪  Find your meter -
typically its in a gray plastic or cement rectangular box, normally located in front of your house close to the street and/or sidewalk.

▪  Open your meter box -
Open the meter box by inserting the screwdriver in the hole on the top of the box and lifting the cover off.  
 
▪  Read your meter -
On the meter face you will see a red needle (similar to the hand of a clock) or a small triangle.  As water flows through the meter the needle or triangle moves.  If the needle or triangle on the face of the meter is moving, either someone is using water or you have a  leak.  If the needle is not moving you still may have a slow leak.

▪  Use your meter to detect a slow leak -
Use a marking pen and mark the location of the needle on the face of the meter. Come back in 2 or more hours and check to see if the needle has moved past the pen mark. If it has, you have a slow leak. Remember water must remain off during this process.

Checking your yard and irrigation system for leaks

Checking for leaks inside your home

Checking your appliances