Water Control Management is offering you a FREE 60 day trial to learn more about your water consumption.
Our method of operating is to Measure, Minimize and Monitor. This offer addresses a common gap among building owners and managers — the inability to measure a problem.
WHAT DOES Water control management OFFER?
We will provide you with an IoT sensor that goes on to your water meter and allows YOU to measure in real time the water consumption in your building.
WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW?
You are currently wasting water in your building and this is costing you money. Unless you measure this LOSS and understand the magnitude of the waste you can’t be expected to do anything about it. As much as 20% of the water to a multi-residential building is lost to LEAKS. This offer helps to measure the loss.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
We ship to you a Flowie sensor from our partner AlertLabs www.alertlabs.com We assist with the installation and set up with your superintendent and/or property manager and together we learn about the water consumption in your building.
WHAT DOES IT TELL ME?
In real-time, how much water you are using every day in volume and money value.
When during the day, you are using water.
How much water you are using overnight when presumably you should be using very little.
What you peak consumption periods are by day of week and time of day.
If your consumption is going up or down, over time.
How much of your daily flow is indicative of continuously running water and represents a LEAK.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 60 DAYS?
We’ll discuss the data with you and highlight where we see problems.
We’ll share some ideas with you about what you might to do FIX the problems.
We will ask you if you think the data and insight is helpful and was it a worthwhile exercise
You can decide to (A) Buy the sensor, (B) Subscribe to an annual service, or (C) Return the Sensor(s) to us and,
Review options and ideas for how to FIX the problems we encountered.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are you offering this for FREE?
We believe the Flowie Sensor is a great tool and it makes our job easier. Without gaining a better understanding of your water environment we can’t help you and the Flowie sensor helps educate us and YOU at the same time and minimizes the amount of time required to do so.
How does the Flowie sensor work?
The Flowie works on “pulse” water meters and takes a more frequent reading of the pulse’s emitted by the meter
How does it detect a leak?
The data gathered by the Flowie is used to populate an algorithm which in turn learns over time what is normal and what is abnormal. With this insight, the software learns to predict and notify where the activity is abnormal and by how much. This is an example of the data and output from an installation over the period of one (1) week.
How is this sensor different or any better than the City’s online portal?
The City of Toronto My Water is a great tool for accessing historical data but does not provide the same level of insight as the Flowie. For larger buildings, it reports on both registers independent of one another. (most larger buildings have two registers — one for low flow and one for high flow). The result is you do not get the total picture and have to take extra steps to download data to excel, combine the files and then self analyze yourself. The portal is not intuitive in that the data is static and it does not provide alerts or learn and share insight from consumption.
What is involved in installation?
The installation process takes approximately ten (10) minutes and is supported by a simple install video from our Partners at Alert Labs. You do not have to shut-off the water.
It is as simple as:
Unpack the sensor
Plug in the sensor to power source
Screw in the antenna
Strap the antenna to the meter register
Take two pictures on your phone and
Submit photo to support@water-controls.com
We can offer to do the installation for you or in certain circumstances support your facilities / operation team to complete this straight forward installation themselves.
What if I want to keep the sensor(s) after sixty days?
You have two (2) options.
Option 1 (DIY): You buy the sensor for $750 CAD and pay the annual monitoring fee of $500
OR
Option 2 (Subscription): You pay an annual subscription fee of $850 to Water Control Management, so we monitor the dashboard with your team, review alerts, notifications, set up reporting frequency, and warranty of the hardware for as long as the subscription is current.
What can I expect in terms of conclusions or recommendations?
You may learn there is no leak activity being reported and your consumption is predictable in terms of flow activity Monday to Friday, and on Saturday and Sunday, and you’re in good shape. or
There is unexplained consumption that requires further investigation.
You have leaks that are costing you money.