HENDERSON — The Town Council on Wednesday night unanimously approved an upgrade to the meters in Water District 2 to allow them to be read by radio, improving accuracy and reading speed.

The $59,925 cost of the upgrade and necessary computer software comes from grant money already available for work in the district, meaning there will be no additional costs for residents.

In the past, stopping at each house to read water meters could take town employees four to five hours. With the upgrade, employees will pick up a meter’s count as they drive past it.

Thousands of readers like you have made Northern New York Newspapers the number one ranked website* for local news and sports coverage in the north country.

You can continue on to this article in a few seconds, or you can visit one of our websites:

• Watertown Daily Times
• The Ogdensburg Journal
• Daily Courier-Observer