New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS
Subchapter A - SERVICE
Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing
Section 500.3 - Approval of meters and meter reading accessories

(1) Meter - any meter testing equipment or measurement device used for the determination of the units of water furnished.

(2) Accessory - any meter reading device attached to the meter used to display, transmit or adjust the reading of a meter index.

(3) Acceptable devices - those types or models of meters or accessories, eligible to be submitted for approval, that conform to requirements intended to determine their reliability and acceptable accuracy insofar as they can be demonstrated by tests; the meter or accessory shall meet or exceed staff designated requirements.

(4) Approved devices - those types or models of meters or accessories which have been approved by the commission for use in customer billing and in the general operations of a water utility plant.

(1) One or more units of equipment covered by the application, as determined and selected by staff, shall be made available for testing and may be retained for such purpose by the commission. Such units will be intended for actual use and not include experimental models.

(1) An application for approval shall be filed by the first utility intending to use the meter or accessory in New York. The application shall be filed, in accordance with the requirements of section 3.5 of this Title, with the secretary to the commission.

(2) An application for approval shall contain:

(1) Permission to use an approved device is effective only for those types of models which are of the same design and construction as the type or model approved. If the manufacturer of an approved device changes its materials, construction, or design in a manner that may affect its operation, accuracy or safety, the sponsoring utility or the utility intending to use the modified device shall notify the commission staff, specifying the changes.

(2) Department staff will evaluate the effects of the modification and determine whether the device remains acceptable and, if so, whether the existing approval is adequate or should be amended, and will so notify the utility.

(1) Strength. New meters shall be of sufficient strength to withstand without damage a working-pressure test of 150 pounds per square inch.

(2) Capacity. New meters shall show a loss of head not to exceed the following amounts when the rate of flow for delivery is that given in the following table, viz.: for displacement and current meters, 15 pounds per square inch; for compound meters, 20 pounds per square inch; for fire-service meters, 4 pounds per square inch.