Domestic Water Meters

Millions of Domestic Water Meters are used around South Africa and every day new water meters are installed or old ones replaced.

Water meters are used to measure the volumes of water that passes through the specified meter and sold to us as consumers. (This reaches us in the form of a water bill, unless a Prepaid water meter is used)

There four basic components that all of our water meters include:

• A device to detect the flow of water passing through the meter.
• A device that transmits the signal detected by the actual sensor to the other parts of the meter
• A device to keep track of the flow of water that has passed through the meter
• A device that communicates the readings to the meter reader.

Domestic Water Meters can either Conventional or Pre-Paid. Let’s review the two:

Conventional vs. Pre-paid

Conventional metering consists of installing a water meter for the consumer and setting up its connection to send monthly water bills based on the actual consumption that you have used for the month.

Pre-paid meters require you to purchase in advance your water for the month and you choose exactly how much you wish to spend.