Utilizing Water Consumption Data from Smart Meters

Abstract

Water consumption data from water smart meters will be able to utilize for water demand management and enhancement of user services. We conducted a questionnaire survey on the acceptance and thoughts of users regarding the following issues; flexible tariffs, visualization of water usage, and data provision and use for services utilized smart-metering data. Because more people gave positive evaluations, the potential for implementation is high. In addition, the acceptance and its reasons are different for seasonal and time-of-day rate systems. Therefore, the implementation and communication with users should be done separately.