The water gauge

Few weeks ago, VA syd (which delivers water among other services) sent us a letter that it was time to change the water gauge. On the back of the letter it also provided instruction on how the water gauge needs to be installed and so on.

I went in our basement and checked the status and I noticed that of course, all those "requirements" stated there were missing from our installation.

The old water installation

The old water gauge and one of the valves

Basically, the water gauge needs to be mounted on a console and both valves around it needs to be of an approved type.

The water gauge we have had been installed 2009. I wonder why now all of a sudden they had all these rules and so on to respect.

The other valve and a little tap

It sounds almost as they are enforcing a change just for the sake of providing extra additional work and material: afterall, my valves and the rest of the piping had been there probably from whenever running water came to the house (1920?) so, it lasted just hundred years afterall.

It reminded me on how they push to change windows....

The new installation

So, now we have a bunch of new valves. A console that is properly attached to the wall, with a new, fancy, digital water gauge and a couple of new pipes.
Forced modernization...