Tulsa to install 145,000 digital water meters - KTUL

Tulsa to install 145,000 digital water meters | KTUL

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — With a display that looks like an odometer from a classic car, your water meter has more than a few miles on it. And like everything else these days, it's about to go digital.

"It’s going to bring the city in the modern age when it comes to utilities and meter reading," said Tulsa city councilor Jayme Fowler.

In a program called True Reads the city will be installing 145,000 meters over the next four years. Talk about a major overhaul.

"Every residential house gets a new digital water meter," he said.

A video put out by the city highlights several benefits.

"These new meters will minimize property access needs, control meter reading costs, cause fewer employee injuries, eliminate estimated bills, and deploy more environmental friendly technology," said the narrator.

"The meters will be read electronically by car as they drive down the street," said Fowler.

Homeowners will be given several notices approaching replacement day.

"While your meter is being changed you will be briefly without water for a maximum of 30 minutes, and once crews are finished all we ask is that you run your water for a few minutes to build pressure back up in your lines," said the narrator.

Out with the old, in with the new, coming sorta soon to a neighborhood near you.

"It’s just one of these little things that you add up that make our city more livable and vibrant," said Fowler.