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Reduce Apparent: Water Loss
Author(s) -
Hannah Craig
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2008.tb02950.x
Subject(s) - sizing , metre , service (business) , computer science , apartment , automatic meter reading , engineering , telecommunications , business , civil engineering , marketing , art , physics , astronomy , visual arts , wireless
This article discusses a project to install a fixed‐network, automated meter reading system using performance contracting at the city of Anderson, Indiana, in order to fund infrastructure improvements, reduce operations and maintenance costs, and reduce water loss. The article discusses the importance of correct meter sizing and typing and, of 41 large meter typing candidates studied in Anderson, the engineer could justify the cost of converting 33 horizontal turbine meters to compound, fire service, or single‐jet meters of the same size. The article describes how demand profiles can help determine which kind of meter is the most accurate type for each particular kind of service, i.e. apartment complexes, nursing homes, and hospitals. Safety considerations, fire‐suppression systems, and determining costs of meter sizing and typing are all discussed. The article provides a sidebar, “The Standards of Meter Sizing and Typing.”