Arlington Water Utilities Offers Continuous Usage Alerts to Help Residential Customers Identify Possible Leaks
By Traci Peterson, Arlington Water Utilities
Posted on August 06, 2021, August 06, 2021

Editor's Note: This article, originallly published Oct. 22, 2019, was updated Aug. 6, 2021, with additional information for Water Utilities customers.

Arlington Water Utilities provides residents another way to manage their water accounts with proactive alerts about continuous usage. Since October 2019, residential customers with remote read meters that record continuous water usage at a rate of 1 gallon or more hourly for 48 hours will receive an automatic email alert. Continuous usage is unusual for a residential account. It can result in a higher than normal monthly city services bill.

More than 76,000 remote read water meters have been installed in Arlington as of March 2021, with more added each day. Customers with remote read meters can view their daily water usage and set high bill and high usage alerts by logging in to the City of Arlington’s Know Your H2O account website by clicking here.

The City of Arlington’s tiered water rate structure encourages water conservation by charging a higher rate when water usage for the month reaches certain thresholds. Visit www.SaveArlingtonWater.com for helpful water-saving tips. Information about how to locate and repair water leaks can also be found here. 

For a list of frequently asked questions about continuous use alerts and a list of troubleshooting tips you can use at home, visit www.arlingtontx.gov/continuoususagealerts.

For questions about usage alerts or to opt out of the proactive alerts, please email [email protected] or call 817-275-5931.

City of Arlington Water Utilities Director Craig Cummings spoke about the usage alerts and how to lower your water bill in an episode of "Ask Arlington." Watch the video below.

Editor's Note: This article, originallly published Oct. 22, 2019, was updated Aug. 6, 2021, with additional information for Water Utilities customers.

"Ask Arlington" is a show dedicated to answering the questions you have about what's happening in our City.

The City's Office of Communication programs MyArlingtonTV. Viewers can find MyArlingtonTV programs on the following cable systems: Spectrum Channel 16 and AT&T U-Verse channel 99, and streaming capabilities at www.arlington-tx.gov.

All episodes are also available on the City's YouTube channel, Facebook page and Twitter account.

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