Because of water restrictions and rising water rates, facility managers and commercial property owners in California are scrambling to get a handle on the water usage in their buildings. The state is in crisis mode now, but this is also serving as a wake-up call about the importance of water management nationwide. Aquifers are drying up, even in other regions still reeling from floods and a winter of record-breaking snow.
CFE Media, the publishers of Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine among others, conducted a national study on water management in March of this year that showed over 78% of facility managers and engineers find water treatment and management best practices important. But only 60% actually track water consumption! How can you manage what you don't know?

The survey also revealed that many facility managers and engineers are unaware of new alternatives to water softeners like our ScaleSolvers that don't waste excess water when treating the water (and don't pollute the environment with salt-brine discharge). I wonder if they also know that reverse osmosis water filters use about one to three gallons of water for every gallon of pure water produced. If every unit in your building uses RO, that's a pretty significant amount of water down the drain.

Our commercial water management and treatment solutions include water filters, conditioning systems along with integrated water meters to provide intelligence about water usage patterns in your buildings. Our "whole house water systems" in the home market have grown into "whole building water solutions" that include not only filtering and removing scale, but also sophisticated metering that really give managers a handle on water usage and flow rates within their buildings.

Badger Meter is our partner that provides a critical component of the water management system. Water usage and flow rate data can be transferred wirelessly to computer dashboards allowing building property managers, facility engineers and maintenance staff to track water use and help drive water conservation best practices. An accurate water meter is essential to monitor, benchmark and audit water use and flow rates, implement leak detection and implement conservation programs.

How else can you measure the success of your conservation measures - including installing LifeSource Commercial filters and conditioners - without this critical piece of information?