Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities
Chapter 65 - WATER SERVICE
Subchapter A - SERVICE GENERALLY
Section 65.8 - Meters

(a) Allowable error. No water meter which has an error in registration of more than 2% may be placed in service, nor may a water meter which has an error in registration of more than 4% be allowed to remain in service, when water is passing through it at approximately the following rates of flow:

(b) Periodic tests. No public utility furnishing metered water service may allow a water meter of 1 inch or less nor a water meter of more than 1 inch to remain in service for a period longer than 20 years and 8 years respectively without testing it for accuracy and readjusting it if it is found to be incorrect beyond the limits established in subsection (a). Upon a customer's request the public utilities shall also perform a meter test without charge if a meter has been in service, and has not been tested, for a period greater than that specified in the following table:

(c) Meter test records. Whenever a water meter is tested, the original test record should be kept indicating the information necessary for identifying the meter, the reason for making the test, the reading of the meter before being disturbed, and the accuracy of the meter together with data taken at the time of the test. This record shall be sufficiently complete to permit the convenient checking of the methods employed and the calculations made. A record shall also be kept, preferably numerically arranged, indicating the date of meter purchase, name of manufacturer, its size, its identification, its various places of installation with dates of installation and removal, and the dates and general results of all tests.

(d) Installation and removal of meters.

(e) Facilities for testing. A public utility shall provide and keep available suitable and adequate facilities for testing its meters, and shall maintain these facilities in good condition and in correct adjustment so that they are capable of determining the accuracy of a service meter within .5%. A public utility not maintaining a standardizing laboratory may, upon written permission from the Commission, have its meters and instruments certified by a standardizing laboratory approved by the Commission. The accuracy of testing equipment will be established and checked annually by representatives of the Commission. After making final adjustments, the tester shall seal and date tag the testing facilities and furnish the public utility with a certificate of accuracy properly dated and signed.

(f) Meters in service without test records. A water meter of a public utility which does not meet the requirements with respect to tests and records of tests shall be immediately removed from service by the public utility and may not again be placed in service until the requirements are met.

(g) Request test. A public utility shall make a test of the accuracy of registration of a water meter upon written request of the customer for whom the meter is furnished, upon payment of the fee specified in § 1.43 (relating to schedule of fees payable to the Commission). If a customer desires personally or by a representative to witness the testing of a meter, he may require the seal of the meter to be broken in his presence or that of his representative. If the meter tested upon the request is found to be accurate within the limits specified in subsection (a), the fee shall be retained by the utility; but if not so found, the cost shall be borne by the utility and the fee paid by the customer shall be refunded. A report of the test shall be made to the customer.

(h) Schedule of fees for testing water meters. The schedule of fees for testing meters is as follows:

(i) Fees for testing facilities of public utilities. The Commission will charge and collect from utilities for the testing of their meter testing facilities and water meters the following fees: