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Process · Meter run to water charge

Meter run to water charge

From a submitted meter run to an approved water charge.

Step by step

  1. Submit meter run Accounting Preparer

    The accounting preparer records the meter run against its accounting document with the meter, period end, gallons consumed and tariff revision, and submits it for review. A leak estimate is kept separate from metered consumption.

    • Run submitted with evidence
    • Updates Water meter runs, Accounting documents
  2. Check the evidence Accounting Preparer

    A run missing any of the required evidence, or submitted against an out-of-date document revision, is refused before review.

    • Incomplete or stale runs refused
    • Updates Water meter runs
  3. Approve water charge Accounting Reviewer

    An independent accounting reviewer approves, rejects or returns the run and records the reason.

    • Run approved, rejected or returned
    • Updates Water meter runs, Review decisions
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  4. Carry the charge to the document Accounting Preparer

    The approved run supports the water charge lines on its document, which then goes through document review and posting.

    • Charge lines prepared
    • Updates Document lines, Accounting documents

Where it usually breaks

And how to keep it from happening.

  • A run is priced on last year's tariff because the revision was not recorded.
  • A leak estimate is billed as consumption and the customer disputes the bill.
  • The preparer approves their own run under deadline pressure.
Accounting Preparer
, Accounting Reviewer.

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