A. The utility shall have on hand facilities and equipment necessary to test the standard type of meter which is in service in the utility system.

B. Before being installed for the use of any customer, every water meter, whether new, repaired or used, shall report volume within plus or minus two percent of test flow. A manufacturer’s certified test may be accepted in lieu of the utility test of new or rebuilt meters.

C. Whenever, on installation, periodic or any other test, a meter is found to exceed a limit of two percent fast or slow, it shall be repaired or replaced.

D. The utility may seal meters. If so done, the breaking of such a seal by unauthorized persons or tampering with meter or meter piping is prohibited. (Ord. 653 § 1(part), 2004)