Charge for water when meters defective.
Meridian Code of Ordinances § 25-38
in effectSec. 25-38. - Charge for water when meters defective.
Where meters have been found to have gone dead or become inoperative or sluggish during any one (1) billing period, the properly authorized officials of the public works department shall have the right to render to the consumer an estimated bill based upon the consumption charged to this account during the same billing period one (1) year previous; provided, however, that the conditions of consumption are the same for both periods of consumption. Each estimated bill shall be stamped, properly explaining that the bill has been estimated in accordance with the rules and regulations or provisions of this chapter governing the billing of water, and if the consumer is dissatisfied with such an estimation, it shall be incumbent upon him to prove to the public works department by affidavit that his use of water, during the period for which the bill was estimated, was less than the corresponding period for the year previous. Upon the presentation of such satisfactory proof, the proper officials of the department shall be authorized to proceed to readjust this bill upon any basis that they may deem equitable and just to the consumer and to the city jointly, as, for example, rendering an average bill based upon the consumption for the previous three (3) months, or rendering a bill based upon an average of the preceding month and subsequent month.
(Code 1962, § 25-58; Ord. No. 3612, § 24, 8-4-81; Ord. No. 3955, § 19, 5-18-93)
Source: City of Meridian, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/meridian/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH25WASE_ARTIIRA_S25-38CHWAWHMEDEFetched: 11/1/2026