Sub-metering Mobile Home Park

[Kyle Grimm]

Hello all, 

I am currently negotiating a price on a small 22 space park in Illinois that currently has one water bill sent to the owner.  The bill is around 10,000 a year and I am starting to look into having this sub-metered.  Those of you have done this, could you share some lessons you may have learned from this process? 

- Did you hire a company that specializes in this like ABT Water Management to install and do the billing, or did you buy the meters yourself and have a plumber install them?  

- Did you first have to check city laws to see if it was possible in your city? 

- What was your average cost per pad to have this done? 

Any info would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks!

[Ryan Murdock]

@Kyle Grimm

We have Sensus iPerl meters hooked up at every home in our 50 lot park. The meters can be installed by a plumber or skilled handyman. Each meter has a wired sensor that is attached to the front exterior of the home. Our maintenance guy runs around each month and quickly takes readings with a handheld reader. 

It's the only system I'm familiar with but it works well for us and it's allowing us to bill back over $20k/yr in water/sewer costs.