City considering changing the way water use is measured

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Monticello may switch to using gallons instead of cubic feet to measure customers’ water usage. City Manager Kurt Mackiewicz broached the subject to the Monticello City Council at a recent meeting. “We are one of the few cities still using cubic feet,” Mackiewicz said, noting that the change would largely be a clerical one. A cubic foot, he explained, equated to about seven gallons of water, something that was difficult for most people to understand.