Importance of Water meter in an apartment

Importance of Water meter in an apartment

Water is one of the most precious resources in the world. By providing separate water meter to each flat at apartments, wastage of water which is being now observed can be avoided and WATER can very well be saved at each minute each day!

Why do we need water meters:

Water meters are a huge necessity, no matter where in the world you live. A meter helps you keep tabs of how much water you’re using, how much you’re paying for your water, is your water actually reaching you, and it also encourages water conservation. According to various studies, about 20 per cent of apartment residents’ use about 80 per cent of water and gallons of water is lost through leaks and wastage.

Need separate water meter:

In all most all apartments, separate electric energy consumption meter is provided to each flat. Electric bill is being paid by the occupants according to the level of consumption.

But, in almost all apartments, there are no separate water meters. Whatever is the total water bill is divided among the number of flats, irrespective of quantity of water used [many a times water is carelessly wasted].

Some examples are,

• A flat with 6-7 occupants & a flat with only husband & wife [both may be working in some cases]

• A flat where a lot of guests do come and go.

• A flat used for non residential purposes.

• Family functions/religious functions arranged at a flat every now and then.

• A flat maintained by a maid servant[servants don’t care to save water as they are to finish work quickly and go to other house to complete work] & a self maintained flat[ by the occupants by themselves.]

• A flat which is vacant for 15 days or a month during holidays.

Leaking taps are not repaired immediately [even for months together], as the loss of water is not a direct loss to the occupant. In all these cases, there is always a heart burning feeling by those who consume less but pay for more.

Leakage alerts

If there is a leak in any of your water pipes, your water meter will be able to alert you of this. If there is a leak in your supply pipe, water will flow continuously through the meter, hence you will be able to spot this and take quick action. You will also be able to stop the damage that water leaks cause.

Water is being pulled out of deep bore wells and the water table is going down day by day at an alarming speed. Implementation of this suggestion at all apartments. Can help in solving the water problem to a very large scale in the urban areas. Thus a great quantity of WATER and a large quantity of electricity can be saved.