WATER · LIVE
Δ unaccounted · 0.12 L/s
Mains
1.20 L/s
22,300 L today
Sum of submeters
1.08 L/s
20,150 L today
Unaccounted
0.12 L/s
2,150 L lost today
Flow · last 24 hours
L/s
Flow stayed above 0.5 L/s between 00:00 and 05:00 — there should be almost no consumption at that hour. Estates manager was notified at 02:14.
SUBMETERS
| Branch | Flow now | Today | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' Dorm | 0.62 L/s | 11,400 L | alert |
| Girls' Dorm | 0.20 L/s | 5,800 L | ok |
| Classrooms | 0.08 L/s | 1,200 L | ok |
| Kitchen | 0.18 L/s | 3,900 L | ok |
Water on the mains and broken down by dorm and block.
We meter the mains and put a smaller submeter on each major branch of the plumbing. You can see live consumption per dorm and per block, and the system catches hidden leaks at night by comparing the mains against the sum of the submeters.
Water is probably the easiest place in a Kenyan school to save money once you can see where it is going. Mains pressure varies during the day, tanks run dry without warning, dorm taps drip for weeks before anyone reports them, and the gap between how much the boys' dorm uses and how much the girls' dorm uses is usually big enough to be embarrassing.
What you get
Live mains and submeter readings
You can see how many litres per second are flowing on the mains right now, as well as the daily and termly totals for each dorm, classroom block, the kitchen, and the grounds.
Catching leaks at night
Between 10pm and 5am, the reading on the mains and the sum of the submeters should be very close. If there is a persistent gap of more than about 5% for an hour or two, water is leaking somewhere on the property, and we send a message to the estates manager that same night.
Per-dorm consumption
We measure litres per bed every week and let you compare one dorm wing against another. When the houses can see each other's numbers, the ones using too much usually notice on their own.
Tank-level monitoring (optional)
If you want it, we put a level sensor on each tank so the dashboard can warn you when a tank is running low, before a dorm wakes up to dry taps.
A real situation
02:14
What happened
Boys' dorm submeter shows steady 0.6 L/s flow. No scheduled use. Mains reading agrees — water really is flowing.
What we did about it
Estates manager gets the message at 02:14. Goes to the dorm at 06:00 instead of 13:00. Finds a stuck cistern valve on the second floor. Fixed before assembly. Saved an estimated 4,300 L.