25/05/2026
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.
Flow meters installed to AS 4747 standards donโt just help with compliance, they help protect farmers, water resources, and the long-term fairness of the entire system.
๐ฃ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ caused by things like turbulence, air in the line, partial pipe flow, bypasses, or not enough straight pipe before and after the meter. This can result in:
โข Over-recording water use, which can risk licence breaches
โข Under-recording, which can lead to non-compliance and unfair water accounting
โข Ongoing issues during audits, reporting, or inspections
๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ยฑ๐ฑ% ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐, giving confidence that:
โข Farmers are only recorded for the water they actually use
โข Water allocation accounting remains fair and defensible
โข Meter readings are reliable long term
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ช. When meters are installed properly:
โข All users are measured consistently
โข No one gains an unfair advantage
โข Surface water and groundwater systems are managed more fairly, especially in stressed catchments and aquifers
In simple terms, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐:
โข Keep farmers compliant
โข Ensure accurate and fair water measurement
โข Protect valuable water resources
โข Reduce long-term issues and costs
โข Provide confidence in audits and reporting
๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ 4747 ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ (๐๐๐).
๐๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐&๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ.
