[dms-discuss] water meter reading

[Jeff Tolentino]

My water service is paid for by my landlord as part of my apartment lease, so I can't answer specifically to water, but for my PG&E service I can view hourly data within a couple of days through the PG&E website.  Its not an instant read unfortunately, so I can't turn on all my lights and watch the numbers change.  I did a little reading on the PG&E smartmeters though and it looks like they report usage via cellular communication, (and human meter readers have become obsolete).  I'm guessing that data is all encrypted so neighbors can't track eachothers usage.  I'd imagine PG&E can still get an instant read on our meters in the field for maintenance purposes, but you'd still need to be able to capture the cell signal and possibly break the encryption.  That or its accessed through a network downstream of the cell communication.

Either way, if there is a way to see my current usage, I'd be interested too!

Jeff
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On Wed, 7/1/15, Bill Broadley <bill at broadley.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [dms-discuss] water meter reading
 To: "Davis Makerspace General Discussions" <discuss at lists.davismakerspace.org>
 Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 5:41 PM
 
 Not sure
 about wireless.  From:http://water.cityofdavis.org/water-conservation/monitor-your-water-useage
 
 There are 2 ways to monitor
 your water usage.
 Register for
 WaterSmart.Using the PIN provided on your city
 services bill, login to your city services account to view
 your water use history.
 Not sure what time resolution is
 available though.
 On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 4:55
 PM, Robert Nickerson <omrob at omsoft.com>
 wrote:
 
   
     
   
   
     Hi 
 
     
 
     I have an acct and couldn't see the post personally.
 I am interested
     in a solution for that so if anyone has one please
 share. 
 
     
 
     Thanks
 
     RAN
 
     
 
     On 6/30/2015 6:30 PM, Braden wrote:
 
     
     
       Hi dms,
 
 I don't know if anyone here is on the Davis Nextdoor
 site, but this question
 came up a few days ago which I thought might be of interest:
 
 https://nextdoor.com/news_feed/?post=12935425
 
 Unfortunately you need an account to see the post, but the
 gist is: anyone have
 a way to wirelessly read the home water meter that sits in
 front of your house,
 like the people who come by to read the meters do?
 
 The thought brought up in the post was that it would be cool
 to get one's
 instantaneous, hourly, or daily numbers of gallons used.
 
   - Braden
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