Water rationing via the IntelliH2O water meter

Capstone metering will begin marketing the “first intelligent water meter for residential use” this month, reports SmartGridToday.

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The meter’s upside seems to be the ability to use water flow to generate and store its own power in a rechargeable battery. The meter’s downside is that it will allow local water companies to remotely “monitor and restrict water flow due to conservation program requirements.” Not a good trade-off.