Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Submetering Water [was Solar microgrid, anyone?

[Bruce Koloseike (koloseik]

Ken,
Is this summering something that has to be put directly into the waterline or 
is it a newer technology that somehow can be fastened around the pipes that are 
already in place?

Thanks,

Bruce

> On Mar 25, 2022, at 11:43 AM, Ken Winter <ken [at] sunward.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sharon ~
> 
> I'm glad you found my write-up on submetering useful (and even
> comprehensible).  Your enthusiasm prompts me to finish writing the
> unfinished parts of it – I'll try to do that in the next few weeks.  If it
> does get stored on the CoHoUS site (which would be a good idea, as it's
> presently on my own google-drive), please let me know and give me edit
> access, so I can update it there as needed.
> 
> I think your question is whether reduced water bills (due to 20% less
> consumption) offsets the ~$50/unit/year cost of this system, right?  I
> don't have time now to dig up the data, but I've put your Q as a comment
> into the doc, so I can address it when I do my next editing session.
> 
> BTW, we recently made a change in our service provider, and one effect of
> that was to reduce our estimated costs to $40/unit/year.  I've updated the
> doc accordingly.
> 
> ~ Ken
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 10:38 AM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
>>> On Mar 24, 2022, at 6:09 PM, Ken Winter <ken [at] sunward.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> At Sunward Cohousing we went over to using submeters for our water bills
>>> several years ago, and we're glad we did.  See my work-in-progress report
>>> on this at
>>> 
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14kO0ncu6-G0W_qJKJqsjxXT9xYAotIWSXGhqTK1aF0c/edit?usp=sharing
>> 
>> This is a wonderful document. Is there a place to store documents like
>> this on the SohoUS website? It’s so complete and clearly written and
>> formatted that it would be of value to everyone for at least 5-10 years.
>> 
>> One question — when looking at the cost of $50 per unit, and water
>> reduction of 20%, has this increased the overall amount the community
>> spends on water service? Understanding that it has reduced water use and
>> distributed costs more fairly, there are some in my community who would ask
>> immediately if there is any savings to anyone beyond reducing water
>> consumption which might be done in other ways.
>> 
>> Sharon
>> ----
>> Sharon Villines
>> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
>> http://www.takomavillage.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
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