Reading a water meter and recording minute-by-minute usage

So I know for my power bill, you can get some pretty detailed minute-by-minute usage data from CenterPoint.

I’m trying to figure out what is driving some large bills for a community—separate the irrigation and maybe tell if someone leaves a tap on for extended periods of time. We have 1 meter for a few houses. So I’d like to be able to track minute-by-minute usage and see if it’s something we can fix.

Does something similar exist for city of Houston water meters?

If not, is it possible to tap into the meter’s wire to read it? Or maybe I just get a time-lapse camera take a picture of the meter every minute for a few days?

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