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Garden water meter

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    If drinking water is to be used for watering gardens in the dry season, you can save costs by having a garden water meter installed by a plumber. This meter measures the amount of drinking water used for watering the garden without having to pay wastewater charges.

     

    The garden water meter must be applied for at the municipal utilities.

    After confirmation by the installation company (company stamp), the water meter can be collected from Stadtwerke Idar-Oberstein.

     

    According to the Ordinance on General Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Water (AVBWasserV) of June 20, 1980, the construction or significant modification of a customer installation (domestic indoor installation) may only be carried out by the

    water supply company or a plumber listed in the plumber directory of a

    water supply company's registered installation company.

     

    For the Idar-Oberstein supply area, the municipal utilities have developed such a

    Installer directory created.

    Due to legal regulations, only those customer systems are connected to the

    Water supply connected, for which an 'operational readiness indicator'

    (notification of completion) from a registered installation company. This

    Companies are obliged to the municipal utilities to carry out all work on the

    Installations in accordance with the applicable official and general technical regulations

    professionally in accordance with the recognized rules of technology.

     

    The garden water meter is accepted and sealed by employees of Stadtwerke Idar-Oberstein, which means that it is automatically included in the fee calculation.

    Costs are incurred for the sealing of the garden water meter, which must be taken into account when considering economic efficiency.

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