TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: Flat Rate Water

Re: Flat Rate Water

jared (jared@netspacenospamnet.au)
Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:05:33 -0600

Recently my water bill had an ad for a water monitor. Apparently the
meters are read remotely by unit in a vehicle going down the
street. For a modest charge I have a device about the size of two
packs of cigs, press a button and it polls the meter using an RF
link. Fun to see how much water a load of wash takes or what is the
rate of use to water the garden. The council subsidises the price as
it can be used to motivate water conservation.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The water meter-reader comes around
> once per month to read ours (they have to lift a cover off of the
> hole in the ground where the water meter is located; usually it is
> typically in the front yard (most are actually in the parkway; the
> grassy area between the sidewalk and the street).

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