Meter Base News Today

>> reporter: peter amman is the chief operating officer for the city of atlanta. >> when the automaticed meters were put in, the subcontractors to the city did an absolutely horrible job in a number of cases. >> baloney. >> reporter: and residents are getting more and more angry. amman tells us 1% of the meters sampled were not properly installed. a mistake that could cause a water bill to double. >> at this point, it looks like just good old fashioned incompetence. >> reporter: amman showed us ...

>> baloney. >> reporter: and residents are getting more and more angry. amman tells us 1% of the meters sampled were not properly installed, a mistake that could cause a water bill to double. >> at this point, it looks like good old fashioned incompetence. >> reporter: he showed us how the meters register, which measures how much water is being used didnt even fit properly with the meter base. >> these two component the dont match and they are labeled. this one says three-quarters and a one. >> ...