MVP Repair Service Company

Water_Meter_Replacement

Water meters tend to not function properly with age, resulting in inaccurate readings. Often meters are damaged or do not record water use at all. Inaccurate readings result in inaccurate information about water usage which impacts system audits and leak detection efforts. Accounting for water should be the number one priority for utility’s.

Implementation of meter management programs will not only show a decrease in apparent loss, but an increase in revenue.

MVPRSC will help public water supplier’s implement meter management programs to test all system meters at regular intervals. MVPRSC also ascertains that meters are appropriately sized, as oversized meters tend to under-record actual water use. To ensure meter accuracy, the utility should establish a meter-management program, or follow the guidelines recommended in the American Water Works Association (AWWA) standards.

In addition to a meter-management program, a water supplier should develop a meter replacement program to refurbish, repair or replace defective meters.

Revenue Enhancement

Revenue Enhancement
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Meter all water you put in your system.
Amount of water you put in your system vs. Amount of water that goes out of your system.
Meter all water going out of system.
ORGANIZE:
Put your meters into 5 groups.
Group I
Size 5/8" thru "1"
Group II
Size 1 1/2" to 2"
Group III
Size' 3 and larger
Group IV
Production Meters
Group V
All Meters that are not billed to a consumer.
REVENUE CONTROL:
Water is your product.
AWWA Standards for water meters should be used as a starting point, not to be used as the only measurement of quality.
COMMUNICATION:
After each reading period the reads are entered into a consumption report. All meters showing 10% or more lost revenue for the same reading period last year, must be investigated before the next reading period.
This will be the hardest part of the program. But when you develop the communication between groups, you can lower the parameters as soon as possible.