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Infrastructure Leak Detection Using ‘Water Balancing’ by Matt Laird
M
eter reading systems are continuously advancing, providing new benefits to park owners. Systems now compare the water metered at the inlet, to the entire park, then to the combined usage of all the meters on homes and other meters on common areas, sprinklers and swimming pools. The difference between main park meters and the sum of downstream meters is the water lost to leaks within the park’s infrastructure. This is known as “water balancing”. The easiest and cheapest way to get started is to compare the water consumption from your current bill from the utility to the total usage of all the downstream billing meters
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