Is this correct?

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by wwarner

Might be perhaps. Can often vary locally as well.

Here's one on a less than 1 year old house I performed the warranty inspection for.
Attachment 34088

Hmmm....you won't see those here.

[John Evans]

I planned to take a photo of the meter vault cover in my driveway this morning, but it is snowing again! It seems like most inspections this year were completed in the rain or snow. I guess the city row home flat roof will not be visible for inspection later this morning.

[Matthew K. Klein]

In many country areas, the water meter is in the yard. Ours has a connection that allows the meter reader to touch a pad on the lid and download usage information. I have also heard of systems that allow the reader to download usage data from their vehicles. With the meter in the yard, no access to the home is needed and the reader can do the job relatively quickly, particularly in countryville where homes might be fractions of miles apart, and walking a route is not an option.

[David P. OKeefe]

Originally Posted by belliott

In Chicago many homes have no meter as it is estimated.

Would not call it a defect.

I just tell them to use as much as they can

Same in this area as well. One city does not meter water to homes. Here are pixs of a non metered supply.

[tmcsweeney]

Just for informational purposes. In Buffalo NY we still have a portion of old stock homes that have unmetered water supply. Slowly the city's water department is changing this. The water rate in the city is going up 26% next year.