The city of Tulsa will begin installing new water meters that are automated starting in 2024 and will continue the program known as true reads over the next 4 years to more than 145,000 residential locations while the city of Tulsa has had a reliable process for the reading and Replacing water meters for many years automatic meter reading technology has improved to the point that the change makes financial and operational sense these new meters will be able to reduce the need to access the property control the cost of reading of the meter cause fewer employee accidents eliminate invoices with estimates deploy technology that is better for the environment while there is not much you have to do we want you to be informed because sooner or later this work is going to happen in your yard before the contractors come knocking the meter in your yard will receive advance notice and a notification on Labor Day first the city will maintain an online map with constant updates showing the neighborhoods where the meters are being installed this map can be found at www.cityoftulsa.org trits second a two weeks before your meter has been installed A notice will be placed on the door with more information and finally on the day of your meter installation the contractor will personally contact you by knocking on your door while your meter is being changed You will be briefly without water for a maximum of 30 minutes and once the crews are finished we ask that you let the water run for several minutes to create pressure again in your lines and that is because every time the water is disconnected there is a chance that your system will leak a little pressure and there may be cloudy water until it is finally restored while contractors work to change your meter they will also do what is known as a service line lead inspection lead can cause adverse health problems For more information and a detailed list of common questions about the process along with the map that was mentioned above visit www.
orgs.