Water metering development in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Abstract

The study aimed at developing water metering in Dar es Salaam. The specific objectives included the assessment of the acceptability or water meters, identifying water metering problems, assessing the competence of developing countries to cope up with the fast development of metering industry and establishing features of an appropriate water meter for developing countries. A literature review was conducted and a checklist of questions was used in an interview of both the customers and the water utility. In addition, a comparative field study on selected existing water meters and a prototype meter was carried out. Poor water quality necessitates regular maintenance of meters. The study shows the extent of water quality effects on the meter performance. The field study was limited to turbine meters existing in the distribution system. These were compared with prototype meters. /Kir11