Why Famu says a meter is running high

The latest use against the meter's own normal: 1.6 times its recent average or more, within the last 14 days. Often a leak.

1. Famu compares the latest stretch of use with the average of the three to six before it.
2. At 1.6 times that average or more, and within the last 14 days, it raises an alert — often a leak or a drinker left running.
3. For prepaid units, it warns when what you bought last would run out in three days or fewer at your usual rate.
4. It needs a little history first: two finished purchases before a countdown, four stretches of use before a spike.