![]() ![]() Flume doesn’t seem to worry about battery life, so I’m guessing it draws some power from the spinning meter wheel it uses to measure usage. Ours certainly works fine with the base unit in our basement about 150 feet from our water meter. Amazingly, Flume says the radio between the meter and the base unit can work at up to 1,000 feet. Then you simply need to plug the small base unit into an outlet in an area that has access to your Wi-Fi. In case you don’t have a tool that you can use to open your water meter cover, Flume provides one of those as well (for “keyed” water meter covers). We didn’t need them, but Flume even provides a set of gloves if you don’t want to get your hands dirty when attaching it to your water meter. The bridge connects to Wi-Fi, and ties into both the Flume website and a mobile app. Once calibrated, the Flume 2 measures the spinning disk in your utility water meter and sends its output to a plug-in bridge that can be placed anywhere in your house. It’s based on your specific meter you upload a photo to the company’s site and it identifies the meter. The Flume 2 ( $199 from Flume) is a small transmitting meter that ties to your current utility meter. Until recently, homeowners have mostly only had vague guidelines like “take shorter showers, water less often, get rid of lawns that need irrigation,” and so on.įlume has introduced a slick tool that will allow most homeowners to get a precise, real-time handle on their water usage. Commercial-scale users have long had tools for monitoring their usage and allowing them to make smart reductions. The result is less water that’s available for people to use-which means higher prices and, increasingly, various forms of rationing. Unfortunately, that trend is expected to continue. ![]() But, especially in the western US, they are of increasing duration and severity. Seasonal droughts have been with us forever. ![]()
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