Water Meter Box Full of Water: When It's Normal, When It's a Leak, Who to Call

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Standing water in a water meter box is common and usually harmless — rain and irrigation runoff account for most wet meter boxes, and the water normally drains or seeps into the soil within a day or two of a storm. [1] The 2-minute check that separates weather from a leak: dry spells and sprinkler schedules aside, look at the meter’s low-flow indicator (the small spinning dial). Spinning with everything in your house shut off points to a leak on your side of the meter. Not spinning, but the box keeps refilling or the water stays consistently high for days — that points to the utility’s side, and that call is theirs to answer, at their cost. [1]

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Water Meter Box Full of Water: When It's Normal, When It's a Leak, Who to Call

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