Service Termination Notice when I am current on payments

[swalsh411]

This forum is worthless.

You're right. This forum is worthless to people who have convinced themselves they already know the answers to the questions they are asking.

 

[tranquility]

That's my point. Claiming that this is legally correct information is an assumption not supported by available facts and improperly researched, therefore unreliable, and making such a claim is not appropriate.

Honestly, I was looking for ways to fight this, as I feel it is rather high-handed. I really don't care so much about the meter being replaced, it's merely annoying and inconvenient; but I don't like the attitude at all (We will come into your house and replace this working piece of equipment and if you don't like it we'll shut off your water). The general consensus is there is no practical way to fight this, which is frustrating. I also have gotten the feeling that most people here are rude, dismissive, accusatory, and ignorant, which is disappointing. At least two people have implied or expressed I was involved in illegal or deceptive activities, which is outrageous.

My advice to most of these advice-givers is, stop giving advice. They suck at it.

You can't fight it and win. They have an easement for their equipment. That easement allows them to inspect, maintain or whatever they want with the equipment. You have no say. That easement is either on your deed for your property, or is referred to in county documents for all the properties. It will say something like this:

The Grantor(s) convey the right and easement to enter upon said premises
and to install, repair and maintain therein the water meter(s), also to turn
off the water of any service or main, or to do any other thing that may be
necessary or advisable in the judgement of said Grantees, its successors or
assigns, in order to maintain or operate said meters in accordance with the
ordinances, rules and regulations for the management of said Grantees now in
force or that may hereafter be adopted.

If you prevent the water authority from using their easement, they can sue you. If you prevent them by force or fear, they will have the police arrest you. If they decide either is too much effort, they will simply turn off your water. If you circumvent that measure, the criminal and civil statutes have ways of resolving that as well. Get over it.

 

[LeeHarveyBlotto]

Are you a lawyer? Or perhaps a judge? Passed the bar in NY, sitting on a bench in Monroe County?
I may be receiving consistent advice, but I think it's a stretch to assert it is legally correct advice if you are not qualified to make that claim.

Yet I would be willing to bet a tidy sum that you wouldn't have the same issues with our qualifications if we were telling you what you wished to hear.

 

[OHRoadwarrior]

See my previous post regarding the accuracy deterioration of water meters, based on wear factors in the mechanical parts, which has been proven statistically among different models of meter globally. When exactly did you have the accuracy of your meter tested? What did the water dept say when you presented these certified test results?

Soooo, lets go with guess B. Do you have a growing operation in your home that will be seen by the plumbers upgrading the meter?

The odds are 0%, and your implication/ accusation of duplicity on my part is certainly not appreciated nor warranted.

The fact is, the meter works, it has been working, they have been charging me, I have been paying, and now they want to put a transmitter in my house, which I feel is highly invasive. When I called them up they told me it was because they were switching from cubic feet to gallons, which seems a completely BS reason to change a meter, since both measure volume.