Richard,
And how many times have we been told or asked to turn on the water at the meter?
It has been a long time practice of inspectors in our area to turn on the water after it has been turned off. Yeah, we go in and make sure all the fixtures are off before doing so, but there is a lot of responsibility in doing so.
I don't turn on any utilities anymore at all. I can remember years ago a HI I did the WDI for would actually remove the restriction cap in the meter to turn on the gas.
Have you seen these new red tags the City of Dallas is strapping to the meter?