Water meter for household customers with low water consumption in Perumda Surakarta

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2021-03, Vol.700 (1), p.12061
• Main Authors: Diharto, K Putra, RM B S
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Customers; Data analysis; Houses; Polls & surveys; Residential areas; Water consumption; Water demand; Water meters; Water use
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/700/1/012061

Perumda Surakarta is a company that serves the water needs of the people in Surakarta. In 2018, Perumda Surakarta had 58871 customers. Household customers with very low or unrecorded water usage were 7000. Very low water consumption is water usage of less than 3 m 3 /month. Very low or unrecorded use of water has an impact on company revenues that decline. One of the causes of very low or unrecorded water use is abnormal water meter conditions. The aim is to determine whether water consumption is very low or not recorded. This research was carried out on the water meter condition for household customers in Perumda Surakarta. This research used a survey method with mWater application and data analysis using the SPSS application. The results showed that 5268 (75.26%) inhabited houses, while 1732 (24.74%) were not inhabited. 4766 (89.34%) inhabited houses have water meters, while those without water meters are 502 (9.53%). The inhabited houses that have normal water meters are 2504 (52.54%), while those with not normal water meters are 2262 (47.46%). The survey data also states that the inhabited houses with the water meter have a pipe leak before the water meter is 117 (2.45%) and that use a water source other than Perumda Surakarta is 3109 (65.23%).