Intelligent water metering systems

Water is most precious natural resource. It is not only prime need of human beings but also a basic necessity of economic development. The water scarcity is a growing problem across the globe and is compounded by population growth, pollution, severe droughts, over exploitation of ground water, and uneven distribution of water resources. The uneven distribution and available fresh water resources across the globe. The uneven distribution of available freshwater is not limited to Sub-continents but the same is observed across the countries, states, districts, and villages. This results in community shifts to the nearby areas where water is available, which puts an additional burden on existing systems and may lead to fighting between communities and peoples. It is destroying social fabric of the country and become very dangerous problem in near future. The scarcity and misuse of fresh water pose a serious and growing threat to sustainable development. The population growth, severe droughts and uneven distribution of water resources are the reasons for water scarcity, and this scarcity will only continue to grow more severe. The technical sophistication of meters for measuring water flows has increased noticeably in recent decades in order to improve management of water. Advanced metering technologies coupled with informatics creates an opportunity to form digital multi-utility service providers. These providers will be able to concurrently collect a customers’ medium-high resolution water, electricity and gas demand data and provide user-friendly platforms to feed this information back to customers and supply/distribution utility organisations. Providers that can install low-cost integrative systems will reap the benefits of derived operational synergies and access to mass markets not bounded by historical city, state or country limits

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