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title: Making it count | DataCol Group
description: Councils need a partner with significant expertise and proven experience to execute and implement the water metering and data collection plan.
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# Technology’s role in preserving New Zealand’s liquid gold

Comprehensive strategies for water metering and data collection.

 

Download the white paper** *Making it count ***to learn about:

- Why measurement makes sense
- Why you need to consider social and political issues along with the technical ones
- How partnering with experts lowers your technical and business risk when implementing metering

 

### Download the white paper

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# Extracts from the white paper

In New Zealand, nearly all pumped and piped water is treated to be potable at an enormous cost. A large percentage of this water is lost due to leakages and a further chunk is lost or wasted due to inefficient use.

Councils looking to implement intelligent water accounting and auditing methods should devote some efforts towards managing the misconceptions around water metering and there are many avenues to do that.