Does the City estimate my water consumption between meter readings?

Sometimes it becomes necessary to estimate consumption, for reasons such as a malfunctioning transmitter (the meter is still functioning), the transmitter is covered (for example, with water or a vehicle), or an inability to access the meter. If personnel are unable to manually read the meter in time, estimated reads are generated by the system using the evenly weighted average of the current month, previous month, and last year current month. An estimated read contains an “e” next to the meter reading.

Once the issue is resolved, we will obtain a reading and send a corrected bill, if appropriate.

Please click here to contact the Customer Service Center, email us at customerservicecenter@abilenetx.gov, or call (325) 676-6405 if you have more questions about the read date or your statement.