Paper
Management strategies for optimum meter selection and replacement
Publish year
2003
Magazine
Water Science & Technology: Water Supply
Number
Volumen 3 Número 1-2
Pages in which appears this paper
143-152
Abstract
Two are the main decisions faced by utility managers regarding meters in an undertaking. Which meter to install and when to replace it. Traditionally the criteria used to make these decisions have been arbitrary and often imposed by third parties regardless the situation of the individual undertakings. This paper will present “Comparative billing analysis”, a methodology to analyze meter performance within the undertaking, as a mean to support decision making in water meter management. The main difference between the comparative billing analysis and previous methodologies resides in the use of the commercial billing database that most undertakings have these days. By analyzing existing data with a systematic approach, it is possible to determine which kind of domestic meter is most appropriate for the utility. This method turns out to be as reliable as previous ones, but much more efficient in the use of economic and human resources.