Problem

A Colorado mobile home park faced a significant challenge when state regulations mandated a switch to city water. With infrastructure dating back decades and a tight community budget, the thought of installing individual water meters—essential for fair billing and water conservation—seemed daunting.

SimpleSUB Water’s innovative water metering solution turned this challenge into an opportunity for substantial savings, efficiency, and immediate leak detection while providing immediate return on investment.

Challenges

• State-Mandated Switch to City Water: The transition required a new approach to water usage monitoring and billing to meet state regulations and manage costs effectively.
• Prohibitive Costs of Traditional Metering: Initial estimates showed that installing individual meters would at least $125k.
• Logistical Challenges: Finding a master plumber to perform installation across the entire park would have been difficult, further inflating costs and timelines.

Solution

• SimpleSUB Water presented an affordable alternative that could be implemented rapidly across the park at a quarter of the cost of traditional metering solutions.
• The non-invasive meters were installed in
  less than 2 weeks across the property.
• SimpleSUB’s cloud-connected meters provided
  immediate alerts for leaks.

Outcome

Once all the meters were installed, the park collaborated with their residents for the first month to understand their water usage and identify any leaks. In our process we discovered many toilets were running constantly, wasting 1,000 gallons per hour. By passing water costs on to their residents, they saw water consumption decrease by at least one-third.

1. Avoided $100k in upfront costs typical with traditional submetering by choosing SimpleSUB Water’s non-invasive, easy-to-install flow meters.
2. Helped residents decrease their water costs by one-third in the first three months by measuring unit-level usage and sharing billing data with residents.
3. Early detection of seven frozen pipes that burst, preventing thousands of dollars in potential damage.
4. Saved an additional $35k/year in rising water costs by passing on sewer costs to their community. The efficient installation process and subsequent savings in water costs and damage prevention have made SimpleSUB Water a valued partner for the mobile home park.

The experience of this Colorado mobile home park highlights how SimpleSUB Water’s innovative solution can help overcome the challenges of transitioning to city water, dealing with outdated infrastructure, and managing the high costs associated with water management.

Their immediate cost savings on water, combined with the prevention of extensive damage from burst pipes, prove why SimpleSUB Water is the right choice for modern, efficient, and cost-effective water management in residential communities.

I can’t think of another system that is as easy to setup and as reliable as SimpleSUB Water. We were able to install each meter in less than 5 minutes and start billing tenants for their unit-level usage with minimal effort. We quickly saw water costs drop by one-third within 3 months, and when we had 7 frozen pipes burst, their real-time leak alerts prevented thousands in damage.

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