Water meters: Dry Creek Water Association Inc. has over 500 water meters installed throughout the water systyem. Sizes range from 3/4" to 8", most of these meters are a mechanical displacement style meter while others are a digital magnetic meter.
- Mechanical displacement meter: It uses an internal mechanical component, such as an oscillating piston or a nutating disk, that moves with the water flow, driving a register to record the total volume consumed. These meters are commonly used in residential and small commercial applications
- Digital magnetic meter: It works by passing water through a magnetic field, which induces a voltage proportional to the water's velocity, as described by Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction. This induced voltage is then converted into a digital flow rate reading on a display or transmitted to a computer
Locating your meter: Typically Dry Creek Water places the the water meters on the shoulder of the roads within Clallam County Right of Way. this helps keep us off private property to read and replace the meter if necassary. if you cannot find your meter please contact us and we can help locate it.
Water usage to high? If your water bill was more expensive than normal here is a tip to tell weather it is due to a leak or not. Make sure all of your water is turned off at the house and any other faucets outside. next go out to the meter box and locate the meter, pictured on this page are examples of some of our meters in the water system, for the mechanical meters there is going to either be a dial / triangle in the center or off to the side, and for the digital meters locate the last three numbers, if the dials on the mechanical meters, or the numbers on the digital meters are moving you most likely you have a leak somewhere. if you need further assistance please contact us and we can direct you to someone who can help.
Keeping area around meter clean: Dry Creek Water reads meters at the end of each month, please ensure that grass and shrubs are trimmed back so our meter readers can find the meter. If the area around the meter box as determined by our meter reader needs to be cleaned we will do so and charge a $20.00 cleaning fee.
Questions about your bill: If you have any questions regaurding your bill please contact us at (360)452-2780 or email us at drycreekwater@gmail.com
