The Water Tanker Ecosystem “Within minutes his boss arrived on the site and threatened everyone with dire consequences if we went ahead with the new system!” “We were doing a trial run of our new digital flow meter equipment on our customers’ premises. Their monthly tanker spend goes up to Rs. 10 lakhs. They were […]
Water Quality Determines Life Quality
Water Quality Determines Life Quality Water comes from multiple sources. Its quality varies from place to place depending on the source of water and the treatment it receives. Typically, in the Indian metro cities, water supplied by the local municipal corporation is considered to be safe for drinking, cooking, bathing and washing. It goes through […]
Measuring The Volume Of Water In A Water Tank
Measuring The Volume Of Water In A Water Tank Future Wars will be fought over Water Often referred to as the water wars thesis, it suggests that future wars will be fought over water, not oil. Even in countries with proper natural water supply, water scarcity is not uncommon. Every day, usable water is becoming […]
Individual Water Metering – Is it practical?
Individual Water Metering – Is it practical? With growing water costs, housing societies are looking at ways in which they can get residents to cut down on water wastage and use water responsibly. One of the ways to do this would be to install individual water meters so that residents can be billed for their […]
Water Saving Tips for Housing Societies
Water Saving Tips for Housing Societies WATER IS FINITE One of the most basic and easy-to-understand reasons to save water is that our water supply on earth is limited. Here’s a fun fact– While 70% of the world is covered with water, 97% of this is unfortunately undrinkable saltwater. Of the freshwater available, 2% comprises […]
Equipment for Water Management and Measurement
Equipment for Water Management and Measurement Typical Scenario in a Housing Society: watchman runs to switch off the tank after someone starts screaming about the overflow. In our previous blog, we have discussed the various issues that housing societies face in managing water. To prevent such reactive measures and inform users about the right equipment, […]
Water Tank Cleaning: How often should you do it?
Water Tank Cleaning: How often should you do it? “It seemed like a mysterious illness, one by one almost all the residents of tower A started getting sick with stomach upset and diarrhea.” One of our employees was narrating this suspense story to us on a Monday morning. Over the weekend, a lot of the […]
Water Management in Housing Societies Part-2
IoT tech, a natural fit for Water Management In the first part of this blog, we discussed the water management issues faced by Housing Societies. Traditional methods of water management provide inefficient and cause unnecessary water wastage and increased water consumption. Today, we will discuss ways in which these issues can be tackled rather effectively […]
Water Management in Housing Societies Part-1
Water Management in Housing Societies: Room for Improvement Did you know that India has about 18% of the world’s population today and only 4% of the world’s water resources? The residential sector is a major consumer of that water. Residential water management has not seen any innovation since the eighties and happens mainly in the […]