TAMWORTH REGIONAL COUNCIL- BENEFIT FROM NEW SMART METERS

Smart Water Meters

Tamworth Regional Council’s latest investment to enhance water sustainability across the local community involves the installation of new smart water meters.

The rollout began early March 2023 in Manilla & Barraba, and be installed throughout the region until late 2023. In total, over 21,000 mechanical water meters will be replaced with new smart water meters through a $6.5M investment by Council.

What are Smart Water Meters?

Smart water meters measure water usage and are fitted with low-powered radio transmitters to provide accurate near real-time water usage readings, improving the accuracy of water bills, detect possible leaks, promote better water management and improve customer service.

Why is Council upgrading the existing fleet of water meters?

Council currently uses mechanical water meters which relies on manual readers to capture consumption data. This approach is manually intensive and relatively inefficient.

Smart Water Meter rollout

Existing residential and commercial mechanical water meters will be replaced or retrofitted with a low-powered transmitter. The new installations will link remotely to a private network which will send near real-time water usage information securely to a Council data management system.