water meter reading Articles
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Consumption estimation with a partial automatic meter reading deployment
Automatic water meter reading (AMR) is now the best kind of technology to supply real time information on water consumption. Complete equipment of a district metered area enables the assessment of the total consumption of a finite size population, for a time scale sometimes as short as an hour. However, its cost for generalization can generate high capital expenditures (CAPEX), unaffordable for ...
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How to Read a Water Meter in the USA
Water meter reading doesn't have to be complicated. The first thing you need to do is locate your water meter. If you live in the Northern United States where winter temperatures drop below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, you might be surprised to know that it's actually in your house. Check your basement near your furnace or hot water heater. In colder regions of the United States, water meters are ...
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How to Read a Water Meter to Detect a Leak
After examining your last water bill, you’re worried that you’re using too much water, or worse, you have a water leak in your home. And you’re not alone. According to the EPA, 10 percent of homes in the US have leaks that waste 90 gallons or more each day. You’ve already instituted a 5-minute shower rule and your sprinklers are on timers. You’re thinking you must ...
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What is water bill validation, how does it work and what is the value to your business
What is water bill validation? Water bill validation may be broken down into 3 parts : – Carrying out water audits to check historical water, waste water and trade effluent bills to ensure bills are accurate and that the customer has not been overcharged or undercharged. Identifying ways to save money on future bills. Ongoing monitoring of bills to ensure you never pay more than you ...
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Water Supply Association Fernwasser Franken - Case Study
Automatic Meter Reading and improved services Case Study Summary Application AMR - Automatic meter reading Location Franconia, Germany Products deployed A850 Telemetry Gateway A753 addWAVE UHF A751 addRELAY UHF Participating Organizations Fernwasserversorgung Franken (FWF) Parameters recorded Water Flow Pipeline pressure Participating Consultant/Integrator Pfenning Elektroanlagen GmbH ...
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Water Flow Sensor Saves School Board Thousands of Dollars
Water flow sensor detects leaks, reduces water bills Watch video of Jessica Kukac, Environmental & Energy Systems Coordinator, Simcoe County District School Board explaining how Flowie saved her school tens of thousands of dollars in water costs. Summary Jessica Kukac is the Environmental & Energy Systems Coordinator with the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB). She oversees ...
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Monitoring groundwater resources for Municipalities - Case Study
Background The City of Tucson is located in the Sonoran Desert in southwest United States (U.S.), approximately 100 km north of the Mexico-U.S. border. Tucson Water operates more than 215 groundwater wells, covering more than 300 square miles, providing more than 37 billion gallons (140 million m3) of potable water to its 730,000 inhabitants each year. The region receives only 12 inches of rain ...
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How To Put Your Building on a Water Diet in 2017
As you prepare for the new year, why not commit your building to the same resolution as millions of American men and women: a diet! Every year, millions of gallons of water, one of our most precious resources, is wasted through undetected leaks, over irrigation and faulty equipment. Since most building managers and owners only check usage when the bill comes, your water usage is likely to make ...
By WaterSignal
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Monitoring Water Resources Beyond Irrigation
Over the past year, California’s governor has taken unprecedented action, requiring Californians to drastically cut potable urban water use. While the restrictions may seem harsh to some, it actually provides an opportunity for building managers and community association boards to implement an effective long-term water conservation program. And the result can be significant dollar savings. ...
By WaterSignal
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How to boost water system efficiency with smart output technology
Water utilities are installing automated meter reading (AMR) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) systems more frequently. These systems often help utilities improve customer relations and provide valuable real-time data to improve operations. The ability for various meters to communicate with AMR and AMI technology has become more important as these systems become commonplace. McCrometer ...
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5 ways to conserve water this winter
Water conservation is something we harp on during the summertime, but what about during the winter? When the irrigation systems shut down, it’s easy to put conservation on the back burner while indoor water waste continues to occur. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the average person uses 80-100 gallons per day for everything from cooking, to showering and flushing the toilet. ...
By WaterSignal
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Preventing & Thawing Frozen Pipes
A “how-to” guide on preventing and thawing frozen pipes. As temperatures drop below freezing around the country, it’s important to be informed of the cold weather’s effect on your water pipes. When temperatures are below freezing, pipes in unheated areas are subject to freezing causing messy, and often expensive issues. Just one burst pipe running at 4-8 gallons/min can ...
By WaterSignal
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The soldier salesman: field instrumentation
“The victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined for defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War These words may apply to warfare, and though they were written over two thousand years ago by a Chinese general, they could not be more accurate than when applied to today’s sales ...
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Radio Solution brings real-time monitoring benefits for water supplier
Introduction of wireless data collection and analysis improves leak detection and water supply efficiency Companies whose business is the delivery of water to consumers, do not only have a responsibility to provide high quality drinking water to both domestic and industrial users, but also to ensure that it is done so economically and reliably. The WLV association operates a 1700 kilometre ...
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