CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The latest results on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility water audit show a possible problem in recording water usage.
A CMU official told Charlotte City Council Monday night that 4,500 water meters have already been checked out. Seventy-seven percent were working just fine, 22 percent need more checking and one percent were off at least 750 gallons from the transmitter reading. That one percent could mean that 3,000 customers are not billed accurately.
CMU says the Hidden Valley neighborhood and the Peninsula in Cornelius have more meters that need further review than others. But CMU can't explain why.
Mayor Anthony Foxx said he was glad CMU realizes there is a problem.
“It is a breath of fresh air to have some acknowledgement that there is a problem and a sense about what to do about how to move forward with it,” Foxx said.
CMU’s final report will be out in September. By then a third party auditor will have looked at 9,000 meters.
