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Thread ID: 150901	2022-09-24 20:04:00	Smart water meter installed	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

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1488436	2022-09-26 06:32:00	without the need for regular access, the meter boxes will become grown over and effectively be lost in the ground,. At worst, structures (eg garden sheds) might then be inadvertently placed over the top of them. No. You are not allowed to build over any of that, like the manholes for sewage... And they are all out by gate or boundary anyway. See: www.watercare.co.nz	piroska (17583)
1488437	2022-09-30 19:40:00	The smart power meters connect via the cellular network. I expect the water meter would do the same.	Agent_24 (57)
1488438	2022-10-01 00:37:00	So much for publicity-it is only via this forum that I have learned about Watercare's plan re Smart Meters. I was disgusted with them -I am separated- but wife still lives in home with 1 daughter. For 7 successive months Watercare did estimated readings before finally for August doing an actual reading and hitting her with a huge bill (catch up of 7 months under estimations). Where was managerial oversight to query why have not meter readers been to this street for 7 months? The water meters are on the footpath so no problems with access unlike the electricity meter where a reader has to enter the property.	Neil F (14248)
1488439	2022-10-01 01:54:00	Stupid idea to have a non-replaceable battery in it. So every 10-15 years the nation's water meters will be scrapped and replaced. That sounds really environmentally friendly!	Agent_24 (57)
1488440	2022-10-01 02:05:00	Stupid idea to have a non-replaceable battery in it. So every 10-15 years the nation's water meters will be scrapped and replaced. That sounds really environmentally friendly! agreed. i think its an appalling idea. i see bigger ones are turbine powered by the water flow. i bet a company will have a full time job just replacing them. no reason they could not have a small generator built in. i also hope they are very very water proof as mine is normally under water. not sure how well any signal will do transmitting through water.	tweak'e (69)
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