Surprise bills. Lawsuit settled. Now, Phenix City works to fix water system failure
Faulty equipment and over a decade of problems led to a lawsuit and an unwelcome surprise bill for some Phenix City Utilities ...
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Reading The Water Meter In A Literal Sense With An ESP8266
The latest solution comes courtesy of [Keilin Bickar], who’s using the ESP8266 and a serial TTL camera module to read the characters from the LCD of his water meter. With a 3D printed enclosure ...
Phenix City water meter issues lead to retroactive billing for residents
Thousands of faulty water meters in Phenix City have caused the city to underbill many residents. To recover the lost revenue, Phenix City is retroactively charging residents an average amount for the ...