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Yesterday, New York City announced it finished installing 417,000 wireless water meters—half of its goal to install 834,000 by January 2012, all intended to end the use of estimated water bills and provide customers with more accurate records of their individual water use in real time.
The 417,000th unit went to Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn Borough President, and coincided with Brooklyn's first day joining the online system that Mayor Bloomberg announced last month.
It is all part of a citywide conversion to an Automated Meter Reading system that will allow homeowners and businesses to track their water use and bills online, and help them identify ways to save money but also conserve water and detect leaks. The system is made up of small radio transmitters that are connected to individual water meters, which send readings every six hours.
DEP said in a press release that the wireless tracking is becoming available on a rolling basis:
The Bronx started July 12; Queens started July 26; Brooklyn is starting today; Manhattan is starting August 23 and Staten Island is starting September 7. All water customers in New York City are expected to have wireless meters—and real-time, online access to their water bills—by January 2012, with between 7,000 and 9,000 customers added to the network each week.
Visit www.nyc.gov/dep for installation schedules and to read about the installation process.
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