history: I had the city come out to look at my water meter.  It was broken and they said I had to pay to replace it.   I had to have the city come out today and check my water meter. how come. is their something wrong with it?
current: It was leaking.  They said I had to replace it.  They quoted me a cost of $650.
next: oh my goodness. is that not covered by the water company since it's technically their meter?