Section 781.5 Of Article 3. Equipment, Practices, And Facilities From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
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. The commission may require a water corporation that
furnishes potable water for residential, commercial, industrial, or
institutional use through less than 500 service connections that is
not subject to the requirements of Section 526, 527, or 528 of the
Water Code, or a residential, commercial, industrial, or
institutional customer of the corporation, to install a water meter
at any water service connection between the water system of the
corporation and the customer if after a public hearing held within
the service area of the corporation, the commission finds, based upon
the evidence presented at that hearing, that any of the following
are true:
(a) Metering will be cost effective within the service area of the
corporation.
(b) Metering will result in a reduction in water consumption
within the service area of the corporation.
(c) The costs of metering will not impose an unreasonable
financial burden on customers within the service area of the
corporation unless it is found to be necessary to ensure continuation
of an adequate water supply within the service area of the
corporation.