(April 30, 2009, WISN.com)
These are tough times for many companies and their workers. But in the midst of all the economic doom and gloom, an effort to transform the region’s economy, and create thousands of jobs, is gaining momentum.
It’s being led by a Milwaukee businessman who’s passionate, determined and very colorful. His name is Rich [...]
(March 30, 2009, BBC News)
Most meters use a positive displacement chamber which has a fixed amount of water flowing through it that turns a dial to measure water usage for a household.
Meters are usually installed in the most suitable location determined by the pipe layout, which may be in the road, garden or indoors.
You local [...]
(March 6, 2009, David Zetland, Aguanomics)
(via DW) The Mayor’s office sent out this press release [pdf] yesterday:
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is calling on all San Diegans to step up water conservation efforts in the wake of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s state of emergency declaration for California’s water supplies.
“The Governor’s message is right on target,” said [...]
(Feb. 13, 2009, The Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Atlanta water officials say they’ve discovered one reason why some recent water bills were sky high: Computer software in about 450 water meters miscalculated usage and charged homeowners much more than they should have.
Watershed Management Commissioner Rob Hunter said the department discovered the problem involving some of the 2,800 [...]
(Jan. 18, 2009, The Plain Dealer)
If you live in a suburb and can’t get answers about your sky-high Cleveland water bill, you might want to look to your local city hall for help.
That’s what Solon and Twinsburg residents did with unresolved complaints they made to the Cleveland Division of Water, which supplies water to [...]
(Oct 3, 2008, The Houston Chronicle) “In the last 10 years, the city has spent $47 million — almost twice the amount originally envisioned — installing an automated water meter reading system that has yet to reap any savings…
The automated meters, which can be read by a computer as a city employee simply drives down [...]
(Oct 8, 2008, The New Zealand Herald) “The Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ) believes mandatory universal water meters should be introduced to limit the use of water…
Its report launched yesterday, IPENZ said economic instruments were needed to control contamination, allocate water and manage demand…
Mr Davin said evidence showed that consumers with water [...]
It’s All About The Metering…
At present there is really no way to keep track of those responsible for excessive water use and waste among the millions of renters who live in buildings where water metering is building wide (or ‘master’ metered) rather than metered by unit, as is the case with gas and [...]
