{"id":8393,"date":"2011-04-29T10:33:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T10:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/?p=8393"},"modified":"2023-11-02T07:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T07:39:26","slug":"installation-water-meter-apartment-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/2011\/04\/installation-water-meter-apartment-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation of Water Meter in an Apartment Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a continuation from our ADDA\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/2011\/04\/story-of-32-water-meters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Champions Blog -By Kannan Venkitachalam.<\/a>\u00a0Below is the plumbing material details\u00a0 used by us (Flat Owners) for Water Metering project of a 32 apartment Complex.<\/p>\n<p>Water Meter \u2013 \u00be inch Kranti Multi Jet Class A<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/6r8KLrboPrvQQk\" width=\"668\" height=\"714\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><strong><a title=\"Catalogue of Water meters used in the water metering excercise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/apartmentadda\/catalogue-of-water-meters-used-in-the-water-metering-excercise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catalogue of Water meters used in the water metering excercise<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/apartmentadda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ADDA<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Strainer \u2013 Used to protect water meter from mud or any other solid particles which is<br \/>\nInstalled below the main gate valve from the overhead tank<\/p>\n<p>C-PVC (Chlorinated Poly Vinyl Chloride) Pipe &amp; Fittings<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/9dpFrLxsG5ID6h\" width=\"668\" height=\"714\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><strong><a title=\"C PVC Catalogue for Water metering\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/apartmentadda\/cpvc-catalogue-for-water-metering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C PVC Catalogue for Water metering<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/apartmentadda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ADDA<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>I have used pipe with red Stripe which is meant for hot water.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8394\" src=\"http:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-8-Water-Meter-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8395\" src=\"http:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-9-Strainer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-9-Strainer.jpg 182w, https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-9-Strainer-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the help of a plumber &amp; his small team, water meter has been installed successfully in all<br \/>\n32 individual flats &amp; 1 meter for Gym room &amp; Security rest room in exactly1 month of time frame.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8396\" src=\"http:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-7-Water-Meters1-1024x786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-7-Water-Meters1-1024x786.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-7-Water-Meters1-1024x786-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-7-Water-Meters1-1024x786-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-7-Water-Meters1-1024x786-550x422.jpg 550w, https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-7-Water-Meters1-1024x786-651x500.jpg 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8394\" src=\"http:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Water-Meter-8-Water-Meter-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In our 32 flat 5 floor apartment each flat has got 2 to 3 water inlets to each flat. I have kept the<br \/>\nbottom most flat pipe line as it is and disconnected all other upper level floor water inlets from this.<br \/>\nInstalled new individual new lines from terrace to all other floor flats and interconnected 2 to 3 inlets of<br \/>\nsame flats into one single individual water meter outlets from the topmost terrace floor below the<br \/>\noverhead tank in different locations. For installing new pipe lines including 33 water meters Rs.1.75<br \/>\nlakhs was the material cost and Rs.1.25 labor cost. All together it cost us 3 lakhs for the full project.<br \/>\nAfter the meter installation, the meter readings were taken every day for the first one week, then<br \/>\nevery week, now every month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One Day Water Usage Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Water-Meter-10-Usage-1-Day1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1856\" title=\"Water Meter 10 - Usage 1 Day\" src=\"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Water-Meter-10-Usage-1-Day1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Water-Meter-10-Usage-1-Day1.jpg 799w, https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Water-Meter-10-Usage-1-Day1-300x183.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water Usage \u2013 1 Day<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>One Week Water Usage Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Water-Meter-11-Usage-1-Week1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1857\" title=\"Water Meter 11 - Usage 1 Week\" src=\"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Water-Meter-11-Usage-1-Week1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Water-Meter-11-Usage-1-Week1.jpg 634w, https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Water-Meter-11-Usage-1-Week1-300x178.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water Usage \u2013 1 Week<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After one week residents began to realize how much water was consumed by them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a continuation from our ADDA\u00a0Champions Blog -By Kannan Venkitachalam.\u00a0Below is the plumbing material details\u00a0 used by us (Flat Owners) for Water Metering project of a 32 apartment Complex.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2022,2019],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adda-community-management","category-adda-india-housing-society-apartment-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8393"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20231,"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393\/revisions\/20231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}