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Water Meters

Water meters ensure that customers only pay for the water they consume. Ipswich Water is responsible for managing more than 54,000 water services supplying residential, commercial and industrial customers within our great City. Throughout the last few years, Ipswich Water has undertaken a process of universal metering, meaning that nearly all of our customers are now metered. We are responsible for the installation and maintenance of your water services and water meters, which form part of our supply infrastructure. Our responsibility for supply infrastructure ends at the tail pipe of the water meter or at the property boundary (for un-metered properties).

Water meters and greater water efficiency

Reading your water meter forms an important first step in conducting a water audit of your business or activity. It allows you to:

determine how much water is being consumed; and
undertake a simple test for detection of leaks.

How to read your water meter

Your water consumption is generally expressed in kilolitres. The black numbers on your water meter represent kilolitres, while the red numbers represent litres.

To check your daily consumption, simply record your meter reading every day to calculate how many litres your premises consumed. This will give you an idea of your weekly and annual water consumption.

Checking for leaks

An undetected leak on your property could be responsible for higher than normal water consumption, costing you money on your water bill.

One simple way of checking for leaks is to turn off all taps and see if your water meter continues to register - this can often be done effectively overnight. If the meter continues to register, you may have a leaking pipe, tap or toilet cistern.

Where sub-metering has been installed, it is important to periodically check the sum of sub-metering totals against the property water meter reading.

Click here to download our 'How to Read Your Water Meter Brochure' and 'Water Consumption Calculator'

Last Updated 16 Oct 2007 |

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