An innovative water saving device produced by New South Wales company Watersave Australia has been declared a finalist in the national GreenPlumbers Awards, an industry showcase of environmentally-conscious products and services for the plumbing industry.
Called WaterGuard, the device is an intelligent smart water meter, able to monitor water use in real-time, protecting property against the damage caused by burst pipes and leaks. The device can help the user to understand, manage and reduce water consumption.
The device works by recording water consumption data from any pulse water meter and can be configured to upload the data to a secure website for analysis.
Monitoring water consumption by time and volume, WaterGuard can also be programmed to automatically cut-off the water supply when it detects an abnormal situation or alert the owner via mobile or email.
It is WaterGuard’s intelligent system that has gained it a finalist position in the Innovative Product of the Year and Product of the Year categories at the 2007 GreenPlumbers Awards luncheon, to be held in Melbourne on 20 November 2007.
GreenPlumbers is an innovative training and accreditation initiative developed by the Master Plumbers’ and Mechanical Services Association of Australia (MPMSAA) as the gateway to a green plumbing business.
The GreenPlumbers Awards are a way for the association to acknowledge the contributions made to the environment by individual plumbers and manufacturers.
So far the GreenPlumbers training program has saved Australia more than 3 billion litres of water, equivalent to 4700 Olympic-sized swimming pools and millions of dollars in energy savings.
Saving water is what the WaterGuard leak detection and cut off system is all about.
WaterGuard is the effective and versatile system for all applications where water conservation and leak detection is a priority.
There is a WaterGuard product to suit every application from schools, offices, to restaurants and factories, right down to domestic dwellings.