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H20 Building Services deploy AMR water flow data logging to reduce leisure park water costs.
In this case study we examine the application of AMR water flow data logging in the Leisure Industry.
Holiday and leisure parks are the most challenging sites to reduce water consumption and water costs as there are literally many thousands of joints and water fittings below and above ground exposed to the elements. These fittings become loose over time due to expansion and contraction and underground movement or in some cases due to poor or incorrect installation and work themselves lose and leak water.
The effect of the leak wears away the fittings over time and the water leaks increase and without a visual representation and flow go unnoticed.
H20 Building Services has many years first hand experience reducing leisure park water costs and has water cost reduction projects on going with four residential and leisure companies totaling 240 sites nationwide, including a very recent cost reduction project covering 140 sites nationwide with a total water and waste water bill covering 240 locations of £14million.
H20 Building Services estimate the potential savings to be in the region of 35% across the board which is a staggering £4.9million.
The absolute gold key to unlocking water and waste water savings is AMR water flow data logging in visual form.
What is AMR water flow data logging ?
AMR water flow data logging or automatic meter reading(AMR) as it is often known has been available in the water market for decades, but has only really gained notoriety in the last few years as more and more businesses focus on water and waste water cost reduction due to economic and environmental pressures.
Now more recently the opening of the English water retail market and with water deregulation now in it forth month the focus on water and waste water cost reduction is gathering pace.
The water flow data logger is a device installed onto the water companies revenue meter, a pulsed lead is connected to the dial which generates a magnetic pulse that is carried via the lead to the data logger, the data is stored and transmitted via the mobile phone network to a web based platform which the water bill validation team at H20 access via the web portal, where the alarm is raised if the water flow exceeds certain pre-programmed volumes.
In this specific case the water flow sits at 17.44 cubic metres per hour (see graph below), which equates to 420 cubic metres per day which is a direct cost to the business of £1,125 per day.
The importance of this method of water flow monitoring cannot be overemphasized as if any business switched water supplier water meters are only read by the water companies every 6 months, the customer in between times will receive estimated bills and often as the estimated water bill is within budget the account will be settled.
However for a minute imagine a scenario where in this instance the water leak(s) starts at the start of the 6 months water meter reading cycle and for the next 6 months the water leak(s) go undetected due to the estimated readings. The client would have a bill at the next meter read period of £203,373 above and beyond the previous none leakage period.
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