Hka lang ai lam hpe shadawn na matu ahkyak ai jak langai hku nna, hka meter ni hpe hkrak hkra galaw ai hte gram lajang ai gaw, jai lang ai wa a hka lang ai lam hte seng ai jahpan ni a hkrak ai lam hte jak a asak hpe hkrak hkra hkra machyi shangun ai. Standard water meter galaw ai ladat ni hpe chye da ai gaw hka hpe atsawm sha jai lang lu ai sha n-ga, n kaja ai hku jai lang ai majaw meter shut ai lam ni hte jak rung ni hkra machyi ai lam ni hpe mung koi gam ya lu ai.
Hka meter ni hpe pipe langai a shang wa ai shara kaw tawn da ai. Hka meter hpe shawng ningnan lang lang ai shaloi, lang ai ni gaw, hka lwi ai maga de nhtu hpe hkrak hkra galaw nna, meter hpe hkrak hkra tawn da ai hpe shawng jep yu ra ai. Hka meter nnan hpe n lang shi yang, n san seng ai (sh) hka htung n nga ai hpe jep yu u. Ra ai rai yang, meter n-gang (sh) digital display n-gun n rawng ai aten du hkra, hka hpe pipe hku lwi shangun na matu, upstream valve hpe loi loi hpaw dat u. Shani shagu lang ai aten hta, hka lang ai hpe meter hti ai hpe yu nna ka matsing da ra ai. Mechanical hka shadawn jak ni a matu, dial ntsa na nsam hpraw ai nambat (integer daw) hte hpraw ai pointer (decimal daw) hpe hti yu u; electronic hka shadawn jak ni a matu, LCD screen ntsa kaw na nambat ni hpe hkrak hti yu u. Hka lang ai lam hpe off-peak hours aten hta hti na matu hpaji jaw da ai, dai hku nna tengman ai jahpan hpe lu la na matu re.
Hka lang ai lam hpe jahkring kau ra ai rai yang (ga shadawn, gram lajang ai lam ni a matu (sh) aten galu n lang ai rai yang), hka meter a shawng na control valve hpe pat da nna, pipe kaw na hka pru ai majaw meter hpe n shinggrup kau ra ai. Meter hpe bai hpaw ai shaloi, valve hpe loi loi hpaw nna, kaja ai hku bungli galaw nga ai kun ngu ai hpe yu u. Hka hpe n kaja ai lam n nga ai hpe kam ngut ai hpang she, hka hpe n kaja ai hku bai lang hpang u. Katsi majan aten hta, n-gun rawng ai hka meter ni hpe insulation hte ka-up da ai (sh) pipe kaw na ngam ai hka hpe hka shapraw kau ai zawn re ai insulation ni hpe galaw ra ai, dai hku galaw yang, n-gun n rawng hkra galaw ra ai.
Kalang lang gram lajang ai aten hta, hka meter grup yin hta n-gun ja ai arung arai ni (sh) pat shingdang ai lam ni hpe n-gun dat ai hpe koi ra ai, nbung kaja shang wa lu na matu hte meter hpe loi loi hte hti lu na matu. Meter a bungli galaw ai masa hpe ayan jep yu u. Pointer gaw n tara ai hku galai shai mat ai, nambat ni htoi tu mat ai, shing nrai, n shamu shamawt mat ai rai yang, kata na mechanism hkrat sum ai (sh) pipe pat mat ai hpe madun ai rai na re. Hkrang shapraw na matu, kungkyang ai hpaji ninghkring langai hpe kalang ta matut mahkai u. Hka meter ni hpe ahkang n lu ai sha garan kachyan ai (sh) galai shai ai, shing nrai, n-gun ja ai magnetic arai ni hpe lang nna meter hpe pat shingdang ai lam ni hpe pat hkum da ai. Ndai zawn re ai lam ni gaw meter a hkrak ai lam hpe hkra machyi shangun ai sha n-ga, seng ang ai tara ni hpe mung tawt lai lu ai.
Hka meter ni hpe hkrak hkra jai lang nna gram lajang ai gaw, hka lang ai ni a hka ahkaw ahkang hpe makawp maga ya ai sha n-ga, hka jaw ai lam hpe hpareng dap ni a matu kam mai ai data madi shadaw lam ni hpe mung jaw ya lu ai. Hka meter jak ni hpe hpaji masa hku hparan ai gaw hka n-gun hpe jai lang ai lam hpe kaja wa shatsaw ya lu nna, hka hpe san seng ai hte hpaji rawng ai hku hparan lu na re.