The Installation of Individual Water Meters at Your Property

Imagine living in a strata block on a property where every tenant pays the same for their water, when some use a little and others use a lot. It’s hardly fair, but if your apartment block or Body Corporate has separate water meters, or individual water meters for each flat, everyone pays for the exact amount of water they use during each month or quarter. This not only promotes fairness but also encourages vital water conservation.

At The Water Meter Guys, our water meter installation of individual meters helps to make sure the amount you pay for your water usage is equitable, fair and hinges on your actual usage. Understanding this process can save money, reduce disputes, and contribute to environmental sustainability, especially when considering solutions like smart water meters.

The Benefits of Installing Individual Meters

The installation of separate water meters helps tenants and consumers reduce their water consumption, since they can monitor their daily water usage and change their habits accordingly, saving them money on their bills. This has benefits not only for people but for the environment. The ability to track usage empowers individuals and, when smart water meters are used, offers even more detailed insights, allowing for proactive adjustments to consumption patterns. Also, separate water meters, including advanced smart water meters, benefit utility providers because they don’t have to spend significant amounts of money to develop and improve their existing infrastructure, due to improved demand management and leak detection.

Home Smart Meters Save Everyone Money

Councils and water authorities can detect and catch a leakage in the system more efficiently with individual metering, lessening the chance of water wastage. Water authorities and the Body Corporate in a block of units can monitor usage from water meters for apartments and provide precise billing to each separate consumer. This accurate data from individual water meters is invaluable for managing resources effectively and saving money for everyone.

People who own holiday units in apartment blocks can also benefit. If the property has Individual water meters for units with permanent tenants, they quite rightly feel ripped off if they’re paying the same for water usage as the others. With an individual water meter, the holiday unit owner will only pay for their usage, reflecting one of the core benefits of installing individual meters.

Key Advantages of Individual Water Meter Installation Summarised:

• Fair Billing: Pay only for what you use.
• Water Conservation: Increased awareness leads to reduced consumption.
• Cost Savings: Lower consumption means lower bills.
• Leak Detection: Quicker identification of leaks, especially with Smart Water Meters.
• Environmental Responsibility: Reduced demand on precious water resources.
• Utility Provider Benefits: Improved data for planning and infrastructure management.
• Enhanced Property Value: Properties with fair, modern metering can be more appealing.

Where Do The Water Meter Guys Install Meters?

As experts in individual meter installation and service, we provide installations for residential property owners, Body Corporates, which often require Body Corporate water meters, also Property Developers for whom water meters are a common Council Development Application (DA) requirement.

The need spans from new multi-unit constructions where separate water meters in small to medium developments are essential, to existing strata schemes seeking fairer billing through an individual meter installation for owners and body corporates. If there’s an isolating tap that can turn off the water to each unit, we often use that to retrofit new, individual meters.

Some properties already have separate water meters or what they believe to be sub-water meters, but they haven’t been approved or are deemed non-compliant by the local council or water authority. This is a critical issue because it means the utility provider will not read these meters for unit owners or tenants individually until the proper, compliant water meters are installed. The Water Meter Guys specialise in identifying these issues and performing compliant water meter installations to rectify the situation, ensuring each unit can be billed based on its actual consumption.

Why Can’t Any Plumber Install Individual Water Meters?

The experts in our business are inducted Licensed Plumbers who work under Safe Work Management Systems with all the required insurances and using the latest plumbing materials and technology. The installation of separate water meters, including sub-water meters, is a specialist field not open to the everyday plumber. Why can’t any plumber install individual water meters? It comes down to specific expertise, regulatory knowledge, and adherence to stringent standards. We have a wealth of experience and are specialists in this area, which means our work is efficient and quick. This equates to water authority compliance and good value for our clients.

Council Rules Apply When Installing Water Meters

Another crucial reason ordinary plumbers often cannot undertake the installation of individual water meters at your property has to do with complex Council rules for individual water meter installation. For instance, if you’ve just bought a property to develop, you must comply with local council meter installation rules in your DA for your unit or apartment complex or even for a housing block.

Councils now stipulate that developers and owners install meters in line with the size of the development and specific technical requirements. Most councils and water authorities demand that these new Individual water meters be installed by qualified, licensed, and inducted plumbers such as ours at The Water Meter Guys. We are proficient in these specific regulations and the technical intricacies of water meter installation.

How Much Experience Do Your Plumbers Have?

At The Water Meter Guys, this is all we spend our water service workdays doing: installing separate water meters and individual water meters in small to medium developments for property owners in Brisbane, on the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast regions. We are well-versed in the requirements of all local councils on individual meters, including Brisbane City Council, the City of Gold Coast, and Logan Council, and authorities such as Urban Utilities in Brisbane and Unity Water in the northern regions.

Examples of Our Separate Water Meter Installations

In one case, we installed a separate water meter when the council water main was on the opposite side of the road to the property. This meant a horizontal bore was needed to go beneath the road and install a pipe sleeve for the new water pipe. Our team had to locate existing underground services, excavate down to the council water main and carry out a ‘hot tap’ or ‘live tap’ without shutting down the water main. We then ran the new pipe through the sleeve near ground level and installed the new Separate water meter for the property. This level of experience is critical for complex water meter installation projects.

Get in Touch With The Water Meter Guys Today

All council development applications related to your individual meter installation are taken care of by our team at The Water Meter Guys, which means you don’t have to worry about dealing with local authorities to have your individual water meter or meters installed on your property. This comprehensive service is part of what makes us specialists in the installation of individual water meters on your property.

CALL US NOW on 1300 202 962  for a quote to get your new Individual Water Meters installed.