Water and Effluent Treatment Magazine
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As with other utilities such as electricity and gas, eventually all water connections to both domestic and business properties will be required to have a water meter. The Code for Sustainable Homes o ers up to 7.5 points if average water consumption can be reduced to an average of 80 litres per day per person, based on predicted consumption, it therefore follows that only an accessible water meter with the facility to be read regularly can deliver real time and usable information. It therefore stands to reason that a water meter needs to be easily accessible for both the householder to read and local authorities to gain real time information. Delving around with a torch in a boundary box in the footpath is not for the faint hearted, it is time consuming and, because a boundary box is usually situated a distance from the property it serves, is susceptible to undetected leaks from the main to the property. A far easier and more cost e ective system is a fully approved but simple air tight box, attached to the wall of a property, to o er a secure connection for an incoming water service. Groundbreaker literally ticks all the boxes for cost e ective new build and replacement water installations, meeting all the stringent standards laid down by the water and construction industries as being fully compliant with (and exceeding) all designcriteria. Groundbreaker is the only system that can meet "Secure by Design" criteria to be ready for the future, o ering a smart meter interface for in-home readers and othersystems. Simple to install at any time during construction or indeed retrospective installations, Groundbreaker, with its airtight seal ts neatly to the wall of new or existingbuildings. Groundbreaker also facilitates the most cost e ective water connections, allowing a developer the exibility to take water connections out of the critical path of construction, and can be installed and fully functional within just a couple of hours or less. In conjunction with sister products INSUduct and SHalloduct, Groundbreaker o ers any organisation, contractor or DIY enthusiast a quick, simple and cheap solution to the provision of new or renewed water services – e.g. lead pipe replacements. Cost eff ective future proofi ng for 'smart water meter' reading ü Comply with the recently published Water UK/HBF Joint Industry Development committee best practise guidelines. ü Easy access platform for "smart" meters. ü Reduce Carbon footprint. ü Contribute to Code for Sustainable Homes and BREEAM by allowing ease of water consumptionmonitoring. ü Meet Secure by Design Criteria Co-located utilitymeters. ü Multiple location options. ü Use on new or existing housing stock. ü Low cost maintenance facility. T H E G R E E N A N D C O S T E F F E C T I V E S O L U T I O N T O W A T E R S U P P L Y M A N A G E M E N T Development committee best practise guidelines. Easy access platform for "smart" meters. Contribute to Code for Sustainable Homes and BREEAM by allowing ease of water Meet Secure by Design Criteria Co-located Cost e ective water management solutions for new build, refurbishment and water consumption management. Now with an airtight seal against wall and locking latches Groundbreaker ticks all the boxes For more information please call 01449 673 451 or e-mail: sales@groundbreaker.co.uk www.groundbreaker.co.uk A D V E R T I S E M E N T F E A T U R E With an integrated process designing out potential leakage (no joints in water service pipes), Groundbreaker eliminates the need for street furniture, saving on street works - making highway adoptions that much easier, and reducing installation time and whole life costs. The system is uniquely fully approved by Water Regulations Advisory Service (WRAS), Water Research Centre (WRc) and KIWA the international testing house and is compliant with the recently published Water UK/HBF Joint Industry Development Committee best practice guidelines and is Water Company adopted whencommissioned. For more information visit www.groundbreaker.co.uk or telephone 01449 673451