More accurate metering over a wider measuring range – that’s the key advantage of a new technology domestic water meter from Sensus South Africa, which integrates seamlessly with existing automated meter reading (AMR) networks used by South African municipalities.

The new volumetric Class C meter – known as the 220C – incorporates ‘environment-conscious’ advances in manufacturing materials in addition to improved communications technology.

The body of the 220C is of an ultra-strong, composite engineering polymer. This is an indication of the move away from high carbon-footprint brass-bodied meters. It’s half the weight of a brass-bodied meter of the same size.

The meter’s communications technology incorporates a standard reed switch, in addition to a high-integrity inductive pulse capability. This allows the meter to be integrated into any remote meter-reading network, while ensuring the data integrity required for billing purposes.

An additional feature is the vertical configuration of its piston axis assembly, which improves its ability to handle dirt without stoppage – this is crucial when water quality cannot be guaranteed or the meters are being installed into old reticulation networks where pipe bursts are frequent.

Sensus invests substantially in research and development and does not give its older generation products a mere facelift. Its new water meters embrace smart technology, which is the only technology that currently offers accurate data measurement and recording and substantial medium- to long-term savings for users. To replace old-styled meters with a meter that has been merely restyled, makes no practical or economic sense.

The meter has undergone extensive testing by the SABS and has been approved by the NRCS (National Regulator for Compulsory Standards Specifications) to the more stringent Class C accuracy standard.