Finally
some more details on the Digital Water Meters to be installed at the homes of
NWC customers.
The
contractor is Diehl Metering and they'll initially be installing some 9600 with
more later as reported in the article “NWC
To Get 9,600 Smart Metres”, Published Tuesday March 6, 2018, The Jamaica Gleaner.
The US$43.9 million contract will see Diehl Metering replacing mechanical water meters with Digital Water Meters as shown below.
These
are the same Prepaid Digital Water Meters I’d mentioned in a previous blog article entitled “How
NWC Prepaid Water means Digital Water Meters, Rainwater Harvesting Legislation
on the horizon”.
A
total of 450,000 meters are being provided under this contract with Diehl Metering. The
implementation of the smart water infrastructure technology is expected to be
completed by the NWC and Diehl
Metering in 5 years time.
So
what does this mean for NWC Customers?
NWC US$43.9 million
contract Diehl Metering - Prepaid Water meters heralds Rainwater Harvesting
boom
These
Digital Water Meters not only have a digital display but use non-mechanical electronic
circuits in a flow meter to determine water flow based on electric Induction or
ultrasound in the case of the Diehl Metering Digital
Water Meter.
To
better understand a Digital Water Meter, here is how the previous Mechanical
Water Meter technology works as explained in a video.
Now
here is how the Diehl
Metering Digital Water Meter works as explained in the video below.
Consequently,
with no moving parts, they are more efficient and are the equivalent of the
smart Digital meters that JPS Co is slowly rolling out as pointed out my blog article
entitled “JPS
Co New Digital Meters are all Smart Meters - Winsome Callum's A Simple Twist of
Fate”.
And
yes, expect to see increases in your water bill, especially if you have leaks
in your house!!!! These Prepaid Digital Water Meters are more accurate, making
a dripping faucet or a broken pipe cost you thousands of dollar as pointed out
in this video.
So
fellow Jamaicans, If I were you, I'd start investing in a Black tank and a
rainwater capturing system before Rainwater Harvesting starts to be billed as
well as predicted in my blog article
entitled “How
NWC Prepaid Water means Digital Water Meters, Rainwater Harvesting Legislation
on the horizon”.
Rainwater
harvesting is the equivalent of what Solar Power is to electricity; a means of
saving on the use of a utility that is putting in place infrastructure to
charge you for every Watt....or Drop...of their Prepaid Water service!!
Here's
the link
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