Unitywater will replace more than 11,000 water meters this financial year as part of its water transformation program. Over the next five years, it will invest $400 million in water and wastewater assets.
Since June 2024, 9292 water meters have been replaced across Moreton Bay, the Sunshine Coast and Noosa. This month (May), some residents in Burpengary, Kallangur, Morayfield, Buderim, Noosa Heads, Noosaville and Peregian Beach will receive a new water meter as part of the rolling program that identifies and replaces meters nearing the end of their ten-to-fifteen-year lifecycle.
Unitywater Executive Manager Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions, Mike Basterfield, said the renewals and replacements program enhanced water and wastewater assets to keep customer services flowing.
“We’re investing $400 million to renew and enhance our network and maintain exceptional customer service,” Basterfield said. “One of the programs within that is our water meter replacement program, which ensures water meter readings and customer bills remain as accurate as possible.”
Basterfield said meters were replaced for a number of reasons, such as age or heavy use from high volumes of water that have flowed through them.
“Replacing a meter typically takes around 30 minutes to one hour, so service interruptions are short and any residents having their meter replaced will receive a notification card in their letterbox at least 48 hours before the work,” he said. “Our crews will also pop a card in the resident’s letterbox, which records the water consumption measured by the old meter. We encourage our customers to reference this reading and cross-check it when they receive their next Unitywater bill. It’s another way we’ve got a crew on the job for you.”
For more details, visit www.unitywater.com/maintenance-programs.
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