The Long Lasting Impact of Increased Water Fees
May 05, 2020
Not Business as usual!
I wanted to share with you a small economic strategy that you can adopt for your properties – that will help with the most important upcoming “Post Pandemic” economic response: “WATER DEMAND”. Your properties water usages will increase and so too, the water utility fees. With the increase in public advocation asking for frequent washing of hands, faces, lengthy showers and other sanitary measure regimes, the water demand for your property will climb in response to these new “norms”. This calls for a strategic approach to a “new” operating budget. As you can tell, water is the most important player to effect these changes and its usage will increase phenomenally.
![water, tap, black and white-2825771.jpg](https://i0.wp.com/watersolutech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/water-tap-black-and-white-2825771.jpg?fit=1024%2C674&ssl=1)
Let’s look at the impact that COVID-19 will have on your property’s water burden
Place of “home” has now become the place of “work and home”. COVID-19 has led to a 20% rise in U.S. adults being able to work from home, and they are currently doing so according to an opinion poll conducted early April 2020, by Statista. This number will continue to accelerate as most businesses in response to the outbreak are adjusting and shifting their workforce to work remotely and online. As a result, building activity such as Condominiums, Houses, and Hotels used for lodging will face a great challenge in water usage as most Americans is left to be working from home or remotely.
The effect of a high demand for water is 3fold: increase water usage and waste, increase in water fees, and increase in other utility fees such as energy – the more water is used, the more energy it takes to pump the water on your property. Therefore, you will not only see an increase in your property’s water fee but also an increase in your property’s energy consumption utility fees. Lowering your water usage therefore will be a critical element to address in the upcoming demand and lifestyle changes for water use.
How can you start saving and planning for water usage?
The following are a list of things that can be implemented to reduce your water fees:
1. Shorter shower time can be encouraged
2. Don’t have the shower running unnecessarily
3. Filling pools in the coolest hours of the day best between 2:00 am -3:00 am. This prevent unnecessary evaporation and reduce the time spent to fill the pools – less on metering.
4. Use the most effective water Technologies that helps you save on water, water usage and reduce your water fees – that is where Water Solutions Technology can help you on your monthly savings to recommend and install the best advance technologies.
Our devices are newly patented hydro-technologies and it will be one of the best devices working in the background to reduce the strain that will be on your pandemic-response operating budget. The main flagship device can save as much as up to 40% on water fees – by reduction in air volume and reduces water usage by up to 6% – delivering water at the right flow rates.
You can request a free copy of our water research report that shows water usage studies based on a building’s primary activity – which would be helpful to see how your property can save using our technologies. Covered in this report are HOA – Condominiums, Hotels & Resorts, Restaurants, Hospitals, Shopping Malls, Golf Courses, Carwashes and Water Parks.
Why don’t we connect to discuss how you can you save thousands in the next coming months?
The process is simple by first identifying the volume of water costs per month and the location and number of water meters on the property, then conducting a site survey to evaluate, analyse, and make recommendations for effective water management technologies to immediate savings to your community or communities!