Application of New Water Meter Management Technologies Based on Financial Economic Feasibility Studies

2. Doctorand, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract: Velocity water meter after a time of use create wear and begin to record lower consumption instead of the real. Water supplied and non-revenue represents a loss by sub-measurement and can significantly impact a water company’s revenues. Identify worn meters in water system is an essential premise for maintaining proper control over billing. It requires a more technical and careful approach, based on the management of the micrometering criteria. Water meters may have different performances depending on the manufacturer and technology. With a laboratory analysis is possible to identify the point at which type of meter present highest sub-measurement. The present work aims to present a method of analysis that allows to identify worn meters in water system, based on a study of financial economic feasibility determine which customers apply velocity water meters, volumetric meters or electronics meters known as static meters.