118 AS TO SERVICES AND METERS 



far as the service is satisfactory, there is no reason for changing; 

 .in fact, generally speaking, the taker can be counted upon to 

 object if his meter is too small and to demand a larger one. 

 On the other hand, a meter much larger than is necessary may 

 be allowed to continue for a long time, and because of its greater 

 slip with small quantities much water may be passed without 

 registration. 



In a tentative way it may be suggested that wherever any 

 meter } inch and over in size is running on less than a 2 per 

 cent load factor that the local conditions be inspected to see if 

 a smaller meter will answer as well and if so to change it. The 

 substituted meter may be in general of such size that the load 

 factor will be between 4 and 8 per cent, this being the most 

 common range. This procedure is suggested tentatively, and in 

 case considerable savings are made by it, it may afterwards be 

 extended to meters running on higher load factors. 



