Mayor announces new program for Angelenos to monitor water consumption

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has introduced a brand new program to assist residents monitor their water utilization.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Occasions)

Angelenos can monitor their at-home water utilization via a brand new pilot program established by the Los Angeles Division of Water and Energy, one of many newest initiatives aimed toward stepping up native conservation efforts, Mayor Eric Garcetti introduced.

This system supplies a reduction for owners who buy Flume, a Wi-Fi-enabled gadget that attaches to a buyer’s water meter and makes use of sensors to trace water consumption and different knowledge in actual time via an app out there on smartphones and different gadgets, in line with the mayor’s workplace. Flume can assist clients create a water finances.

This system permits DWP clients residing in single-family properties to buy Flume instantly via the firm’s web site for $24, discounted from its $199 common price ticket.

“We don’t want a crystal ball to see that skyrocketing temperatures and dying reservoirs are in our future, so we have to hold discovering methods to assist Angelenos double down on their historic efforts to preserve,” Garcetti mentioned in a information launch.

The water consumption app additionally includes a budgeting instrument that permits clients to set utilization targets, whereas good leak alerts notify clients when uncommon water use is detected, the DWP mentioned. The gadget screens and analyzes indoor and out of doors water use in addition to the breakdown of water use by frequent fixtures and home equipment, equivalent to bogs, showers and garments washers.

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