Use Your Smart Meter to Prevent

Use Your Smart Water Meter to Prevent Water Damage and Reduce Insurance Rates

Property Take Advantage of Insurance Discounts from Instant Leak Alert

by Bill Baird

Ever hear the saying by Bobby Davro, “The measure of success is happiness and peace of mind”?

If you haven’t experienced a ruptured water line in or outside a home, consider yourself very lucky. The amount of water damage is so astronomical one can literally see dollar signs going down the drain. Insurance companies feel the pain of water damage, too, with water and flooding being one of the most common and expensive home insurance claims.

At Metron Sustainable Services, we believe in success by measuring the accuracy of water and leak detection.

Industry leaders in water metering use advanced engineering and creative software solutions to constantly innovate and push the standards beyond expectation. Tracking water flow to the drop is an art form, using smart meters loaded with proprietary cloud-based technology.

The importance of knowing this data is somewhat unlimited because one can determine if their consumption usage is high due to long showers, over-watering, defective toilet flappers and so on. They can address each leak with the usage alert system in place.

Every Drop Counts

The high-tech approach to water tracking, in addition to identifying leaks and costly water breaks, compels residents to consider their daily water consumption to a much greater degree, and results in significant cost reductions for water delivery and usage.

Capturing water consumption downstream is especially important, yet the question remains, where has all the water gone that was billed by the municipality but not captured on the submeters?

One solution is to monitor what goes through a main meter and as well as what is captured downstream. Our results have shown upwards of 46 percent difference between water going through a main meter and submeter!

Community owners and operators want to see as little loss as possible, which means limiting or eliminating the unbillable water. And if an infrastructure leak goes unnoticed it eventually will erode the ground, causing even more property damage.

WaterScope will compare and analyze the water flow daily to identify infrastructure leaks and send out an alert if the set threshold is surpassed. All the meters are time synced, allowing for accurate flow measurement via Verizon connectivity. MHV

Bill has served as the director of Marketing for Metron Sustainable Services for years. His history in the tech industry brings added value to many organizations that are seeking to bring products to market, including by leading teams to successful deployments, managing scopes, and most importantly, mentoring others to achieve higher expectations for personal growth. Bill is dedicated to building long-term business relationships that bring meaningful value to partnerships and executing strategic plans to scale the business.

These charts show how WaterScope from Metron can identify water consumption usages such as irrigation, showers, toilet, dishwashers to washing machines.