West Fargo launches Water Tracker website service for residents

Site allows residents with a digital water meter to track estimated water usage and setup alerts

By City of West Fargo

The City of West Fargo is now offering the Water Tracker website for residents with a new digital water meter to track their estimated water usage. Registration information and a link to the service are available at westfargond.gov/watertracker.

On the website, residents can view estimated water usage in increments of hours, days and months. They can also set up alerts to notify them of a different level of water usage that results from a lifestyle change like houseguests or watering the lawn in the summer. It could also signify excessive water usage from a serious issue like a leak or malfunctioning appliance. These issues are often not visible to homeowners and take some investigation to identify.

The Water Tracker site is one element of the City’s smart water meter system that will improve utility services. This network of digital water meters allows the City to accurately measure water usage and eliminate on-site reading. The system will also notify the City of service outages.

Due to a supply shortage, about 20% of eligible residents have not received their new digital water meters yet. They are encouraged to go to westfargond.gov/watertracker and sign up for the email notification list. Members of the email list will receive notifications of when the meters are available for installation. These residents will not be able to use the Water Tracker website until they receive a new meter.

It is helpful for residents to have their monthly City of West Fargo Utility billing statement ready before they register for the Water Tracker website because account information on the bill is needed to link water meters.