The first thing is: Will the water provider let you have large enough meter. And, what will the water rate be with the larger meter. Many systems are limiting the size they will connect to a residential service. Others have sliding fee schedules where if you install a large meter to a house, they charge you more per gallon base, and then it goes up exponentially as the usage per month goes up, first so many gallons at $X/gallon, then the next tier they charge 1.5 times as much, next tier goes up 1.5 times again, etc. Top tier can be ten times as much. When I worked in Vegas there was an older woman on a 2.5 acre residential estate, who had a 1-inch meter for her irrigation. The whole place was in turf. In winter she had it dethatched, and over seed with winter rye. It was always green.
She was paying over $1500/month for water, including in the winter. The folks in the water conservation office tried for two years, to get her to xeriscape, and she had no interest. Lots of money, and in her eighties. She knew she couldn’t take it with her, and the green grass made her happy.
But most of us aren’t in that financial position. So, check on what it might cost. And, you can’t just install a larger meter. You will need a new service lateral from the main. If you have to replace pavement, it can get really expensive, really fast.
And, you have to be careful about too large of a line. I have building at one of the ranger stations, where the Road Crew put in a new 3-inch line to their office. Back in the day when they had 8 full time people year round they could get enough circulation that it kept clean. No that the Forest has dropped from a road crew of 16 year round, to 2 year round employees, they cant use enough water to keep the water in the pipe fresh, and have to leave the water running, and make ice sculptures in the winter.
They never needed a 3-inch line, and now I’m probably going to have to install a new 1-inch. All Ihave to do is find the money.