Smart water meters fighting water wastage globally
Traditional water meters allowed water utilities to record the water consumed by a household or an industry and bill them accordingly. They do not offer any benefits in terms of preventive analytics or telemetry. Moreover, these meters are incapable to fulfill the sustainable development policies made to reduce water wastage and contamination.
Blended with IoT competencies, a smart water meter is an update of the conventional water meters. It measures and describes the volume of water used by an individual or a business and send it directly to the water provider. It can also measure other parameters that the traditional meters cannot, like temperature and flow of the water in the pipelines.
The parameters once monitored and collected are analyzed through a computational function and transmitted to a centralized platform. The smart water meters are also capable of sharing information about its condition and performance. For example, the meter will alert the utilities if its accuracy decreases or if it stops counting.