Although many would not try to do this I am not sure how legal it is but you can bypass a water meter and it will save on your water bill. Bypassing a water meter is not only illegal but it is fraud and if you are caught there would probably be some type of consequences. If you view this site http://system-review.blogspot.com/2007/06/fraud-type-meter-bypass.html you can see the actual meter
. bypass. When this is done of course the meter will not be registering the consumption and it can be detected easily. One other way to bypass is to remove external copper on the terminal. For more information on this query you can visit this trusted site http://www.ask.com/bar?q=how+to+bypass+water+meter&page=1&qsrc=0&ab=3&title=Electric%20Utility%20Systems:%20Bypass%20Meter%20-%20You%20want%20to%20know%20how%20to&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsystem-review.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fby-pass-meter.htm.l