How Diehl Metering Prepaid Water meters for NWC enables Prepaid Water and Rainwater Harvesting

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

Diehl Metering YouTube Channel

Diehl Metering Website

National Water Commission NWCJAM