The numbered dial is where you would be sure that your meter is correctly measuring your water consumption. Find the water meter located inside your home. On the face of the water meter, you will see something that looks like a clock. It is numbered from one through ten (zero) and has a red hand. This measures single gallons of water. Each time it goes around one full turn, you have used ten gallons of water. Make note of what number the red hand is pointing to. Go to any faucet in your home and pour out three or four gallons of water. Go back to the meter, the red hand should move forward the same number of digits as you measured out. For example, if the hand was on four and you poured out three gallons, it should have moved to the seven. If it doesn't, call Public Works at (847) 599-6800 and ask to set up an appointment for a meter check.

The following is an example of what your meter face might look like.  The Village of Gurnee bills per 1,000 gallons and that is how your meter is read.  The last two dials represent the hundreds.  When we read your meter, we read the first four numbers on the meter, reading from left to right.  The example shown here reads at 0335.  This translates to 335,000 gallons of usage.  If the next reading taken were to be 0352; then we would know that 17,000 gallons of water had been consumed.