Bill the water you actually paid for

Sub-meter reading, allocation and tenant billing for apartments, compounds, estates and markets.

What it does

Water Sub-Meter Billing

A landlord with one bulk meter and twelve tenants is running a small water utility whether they intended to or not. The bulk bill arrives, the tenants are charged something approximate, and the shortfall comes out of rent income. Reading sub-meters and reconciling them against the bulk meter turns a monthly loss into a recovered cost.

Sub-meter register per unit, tenant or stall
Monthly readings entered on a phone, with previous reading shown
Reading validation — reversals and impossible jumps flagged before billing
Bulk meter reconciliation: bulk consumption against the sum of sub-meters
Loss allocation — common-area and unaccounted water shared by an agreed rule
Tenant bills showing units consumed, rate and amount
Mobile money collection with automatic SMS receipt
Arrears tracking, with disconnection and reconnection records
Prepaid token sales where prepaid sub-meters are fitted
Consumption history per unit, so a leak shows up as a step change
Landlord summary: billed, collected and recovery rate against the bulk bill

Tanzania

Recovering water fairly and transparently

Bulk versus sub-meter reconciliation — the gap quantified every month instead of being absorbed silently.
Transparent allocation — common-area losses shared by a stated rule the tenants can see, which is what stops the arguments.
Rate discipline — the rate charged tied to the utility tariff actually billed, not a round number.
Leak detection — a unit whose consumption steps up and stays up is flagged, often before the tenant notices.
Receipts by SMS — every payment acknowledged immediately.

How we work

Scoped first, built in phases

We look at the process

Not a sales meeting. We sit with the people who do the work now and find where the time and money actually go.

You get a written scope

What will be built, what it costs, how long it takes, and what is explicitly out of scope. In writing, before anything starts.

Built in phases

The part that hurts most is delivered first and put into real use, so value arrives before the whole project is finished.

Trained and supported

Your staff are trained on the real system with real data, and support continues after go-live.

Runs on your own server if you want it to. Internet in Tanzania is not guaranteed. Systems can be installed on a machine at your premises so the business keeps working during an outage, syncing when the connection returns.

Frequently asked

Water Sub-Meter Billing — questions we get

How is this different from your water utility system?

The utility system is for a water authority or scheme billing its own customers under an EWURA tariff. This is for a landlord, estate or market recovering a bulk bill from tenants through sub-meters — much smaller, and focused on reconciliation and recovery.

What if the sub-meters do not add up to the bulk meter?

They never quite do. The difference is quantified each month and allocated by the rule you set — shared equally, shared by consumption, or borne by the landlord — and shown on the bill so tenants can see it.

Does it work with prepaid meters?

Yes, with token sales recorded per unit alongside conventional post-paid sub-meters.

Can readings be taken on a phone?

Yes, unit by unit with the previous reading displayed, so an error is caught at the meter rather than at billing.

Talk to us

Tell us what your business actually needs

Describe the process that is costing you time or money. We will tell you honestly whether software is the right answer, and what it would take.

WhatsApp us +255 781 115 402

Phone+255 781 115 402

Emailinfo@pitech.co.tz

LocatedDar es Salaam

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