PUNTA GORDA — With 9,143 still not reporting monthly water bills, the city of Punta Gorda is launching a pilot program to test new meter reading equipment.
In 2016, the city’s contracted with The Zenner Advanced Metering Infrastructure system. In time, the utilities department experienced faulty parts, which caused inaccurate readings.
After Hurricane Ian hit two years ago, the problem spread. Users didn’t receive bills. Then after four or five months, the accumulated bill was high for some…