Do I need a license to install water meters

How to install a water meter yourself

The procedure for doing work with your own hands has a certain sequence.

Construction assembly

The process is carried out on a straight section until the first connection:

1. A shut-off valve is placed on the branch from the riser. If the pipe of the water supply system is metal, then it is sawn off to the desired size, after which a thread is formed. A special rod is soldered to plastic pipes.
2. A coarse filter is installed.In the diagonal branch, which is locked with a bolt, a mesh is attached to prevent the penetration of various particles. This option is suitable for both vertical and horizontal installation.
3. The counter is installed. The direction is set with an arrow. The placement must ensure unobstructed readings.
4. A connecting element is installed, behind which additional mechanisms can be installed (check valve or tap).

Scheme and procedure for connecting elements when installing household water meters

Self-execution of work has a more complex scheme if it is required to place the IMS in a functioning system. In this case, you must first assemble the structure, and, focusing on the size, taking into account the adapters, cut out the area for installation.

Installation nuances

IPU should be installed according to certain rules:

• If the system is made of metal pipes, then you need to make sure that they are reliable. Due to latent corrosion, leaks appear at the connection points of the meter over time. If the pipes are polypropylene, the installation of metal parts is carried out using special adapters.
• The branch pipes used for threading must be cleaned and sanded. The internal space is freed from chips and bundles.
• All successive links of the structure are fastened together with nuts. Gaskets are placed between the metal elements, guaranteeing the absence of the smallest gaps.
• Threaded connections are sealed with a special winding or fum-tape. Additionally, a sealing paste is used.
• If two IPUs are mounted side by side for cold and hot water, then a branch may be required that separates the mechanisms from each other.To do this, a corner adapter is placed on the connection point.
• All connections must be securely fastened, but be extremely careful not to cause microdamage. A correctly assembled structure, including gaskets and seals, is leak-tight with standard tightening.

You can assemble the system locally or in advance, be sure to check it. After opening the shut-off and household tap, the water meter should start fixing the resource consumption.

Comparison of tariffs with and without a water meter

The owners of premises with a meter pay for utilities according to indications - in this case, everything is quite simple.

Homeowners without metering devices will have to pay according to the standards, so it is important for them to take into account, which establishes the procedure for determining the rate of resource consumption per person. According to this document, the final decision is approved by the local authorities

For example, in Moscow, the rate of consumption of cold water is 6.94 m3, hot water - 4.75 m3, and in St. Petersburg 4.90 m3 and 3.48 m3, respectively

According to this document, the final decision is approved by the local authorities. For example, in Moscow, the rate of consumption of cold water is 6.94 m3, hot water - 4.75 m3, and in St. Petersburg 4.90 m3 and 3.48 m3, respectively.

The installed meter simplifies the process of calculating the amount due: it is enough to find the product of the device readings and the current tariff, taking into account the category of water supply.

In the absence of a device, the owner of the premises needs to:

1. Find out the number of persons registered in this residential area.
2. Clarify the water standard established by local authorities for the current period.
3. Find out rates.
4. Take into account the multiplying factor, which was introduced by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 344 of 2013. It applies to premises where a metering device is not installed or it is in a faulty condition. This indicator is 1.5.

For a more complete understanding, it is worth analyzing a specific example of calculating water fees without a meter for a family of three, registered in St. Petersburg:

• the rate of consumption of cold water per person - 4.9 m3;
• tariff for 1 m3 of cold water - 30.8 rubles;
• DHW consumption rate per person - 3.49 m3;
• the tariff for 1 m3 of hot water supply is 106.5 rubles.

The amount payable for water supply is determined as follows:

1. For cold water 679.1 rubles = 3 * 4.9 * 30.8 * 1.5.
2. For hot water 1,672.6 rubles = 3 * 3.49 * 106.5 * 1.5.
3. Total 2351.7 rubles = 1672.6 + 679.1.

The real average monthly water consumption per person is: 2.92 m3 of cold water and 2.04 m3 of hot water. That is, the same family of three, after installing the meter, will need to pay:

1. For cold water 269.8 rubles = 3 * 2.92 * 30.8.
2. For hot water 651.8 rubles = 3 * 2.04 * 106.5.
3. Total 921.6 rubles = 269.8 + 651.8.

After installing the meter, a family from St. Petersburg will have to pay almost 3 times less, which speaks in favor of the availability of the necessary equipment.

How much do you have to pay for community services?

The receipt for utilities also has a column "Common house needs", which the owners of MKD are forced to pay. This item includes the cost of water for cleaning premises, entrances, elevators, watering the club in the adjacent area, etc.

How much you have to pay depends on the availability of a common house and individual metering device.

If the devices are installed, payment is made as follows:

1. When calculating ODN, first of all, readings are taken - PU shows how much resources were consumed by MKD during the reporting period.

   For example, 2 thousand m3 is the amount of water that was used both for general house consumption and for individual consumption (by apartment owners).

2. Further, the readings of the IPU, which were provided by the owners of the premises, are summarized. For example, 1.8 thousand m3. To ensure the correctness of the flow balance, the values ​​for the general and individual devices are taken at the same time.
3. At the third stage, the volume of consumption is allocated for the maintenance of common areas: 200 m3 = 2,000 - 1,800 (as much was spent on watering flower beds, washing entrances, etc.).
4. The fourth step is the distribution of ODN to all tenants. To do this, you need to determine the volume per 1 m2. Let's say the total area of ​​the MKD is 7 thousand m2. Then the desired value will be: 0.038 m3 = 200/7,000.
5. To obtain a calculation for a specific apartment, you need to multiply the identified volume by the area of ​​\u200b\u200bhousing. For example, it is 50 m2: 1.9 m3 = 0.038 * 50.

At the end, payment is calculated taking into account regional tariffs. A family from St. Petersburg will have to pay: 58.5 rubles = 1.9 * 30.8. If there is no common house meter, the calculation is carried out according to the established standards, taking into account the multiplying factor, which implies an increase in the amount by 4-5 times.

Registration stages

The license is issued in five stages:

It involves collecting the necessary documentation and filling out an application. With the collected package of papers, the business entity applies to the Ministry of Ecology at the location of the well.

1. Obtaining permission to study water resources

It is sent to the applicant 65 days after the application. It does not give the right to use resources, but allows exploration.

1. Carrying out activities for the study of subsoil

The company is carrying out work aimed at determining the limits for the use of water from the well, determining the requirements for the sanitary zone, and resource reserves.

1. Reapplying to the licensing authority

When the survey work is completed, the company submits a re-application, on the basis of which, after 65 days, it is granted a license to use water resources.

1. Conclusion of a water use agreement

This is the final stage of the procedure, it involves the signing of an agreement with the owner of the well - a municipal or state authority.

The licensing procedure is confusing and lengthy. Employees of the EAC Audit center will help client companies to consistently go through its stages, observe all the nuances in order to get a positive result.

The main factors affecting the cost of work

The bulk of the cost of replacing the meter falls on the purchase of the device itself.

Affects cost:

• Type of. There are mechanical, induction, ultrasonic and vortex models. They differ in design, method of accounting for water, accuracy, durability and, accordingly, cost. The most common in everyday life are mechanical. They, in turn, are divided into:
  • Wet - water passes directly through the moving parts of the meter.
  • Dry-moving - moving parts do not come into contact with water, and accounting is carried out using a magnetic system. Such models are more expensive, but they are more durable.
• Accuracy class. This parameter indicates the measurement accuracy. There are 4 classes: A, B, C, D.Each subsequent one is more accurate and more expensive than the previous one.
• Verification interval. The longer the verification period is indicated in the technical passport of the meter, the less often it will have to be verified, but the more expensive it is.
• impulse output. Such models can independently transmit readings. A useful option, but you have to pay extra for it. At the same time, the house must have appropriate connectors for connection, and the management company must provide such an opportunity.
• Additional protection: anti-magnet, increased moisture resistance, additional filtration for dirty water. Any type of protection increases the cost of the device.

How to prepare a water meter for insertion into a pipe?

Before installing the water meter, it is necessary to connect a coarse filter to it. This device will protect the water meter mechanism from large particles of debris, the ingress of which can shorten the life of the device.

In addition to the filter, it is necessary to connect a check valve to the water meter, which acts as a protection against rewinding readings

Water utility inspectors pay attention to the presence of a check valve and do not accept the device into operation without this plumbing device

Together with the water meter, a coarse water filter and a check valve are installed, which prevents the meter reading from being unwinded.

Together with the meter, union nuts (American) should be included in the kit, allowing, if necessary, to remove the meter without harm to pipes and other elements of the plumbing system. The tightness of the union nuts with the check valve and the filter is ensured with the help of FUM tape or tow.

When self-assembling the water consumption metering unit, it is necessary to follow the direction of the arrows placed by the manufacturer on each component. Marks in the form of arrows show the direction in which water should flow through the meter. The American is screwed to the filter from the side of the sharp end of the arrow, to the non-return valve - from the reverse side (the tail of the arrow).

If you confuse the direction of the arrows on the filter, check valve and the water meter itself during assembly, you will not be able to seal the meter. The representative of the water utility will check the correct installation of each element of the block

On the water meter, the manufacturer also indicates the desired direction of water with an arrow. If you ignore this mark, then the correct operation of the device cannot be guaranteed. Depending on the design of the water meter, the water supply to plumbing fixtures may even stop. The arrow on the device must be oriented in the direction from the shut-off valve embedded in the water riser. The instructions attached by the manufacturer to the water meter indicate the connection diagram of the water meter to the water supply system. When self-assembling, these recommendations should be taken into account.

What to do if the developer has not installed meters?

If after the delivery of the object there are no meters in the water supply network, the following steps are required:

Contact the organization that is responsible for managing the housing stock. At this stage, you need to write an application with a request to install water meters. Here it is worth clarifying that common metering devices are installed in the house. This requirement is due to the fact that payment for cold water is possible only if such devices are available.On the basis of the application, a draft agreement is drawn up between the owner of the apartment (tenant) and the managing organization. The document stipulates the procedure for making payments for hot and cold water. It is advisable to carefully study the contract, and especially the rights and obligations of the parties.
View engineering networks

It is worth paying attention to the possibility of installing counters. Sometimes, before submitting an application and inviting a specialist, you have to perform related work - replace pipes or taps through which water is supplied to the apartment.
Ask the experts what type of device you need to install

No need to rush to buy the first available model. If a licensed organization is involved in the installation, it may not agree to install an existing device. To avoid additional costs, it is recommended to call the installer in advance, determine the time and date of installation. It is also required to invite a representative of the management company to draw up a tripartite Certificate of acceptance of meters and their commissioning. At the same stage, it is worth deciding how the service will be carried out in the future.
Install water measuring devices, the number of which may be different - two or four. Most often, two devices are enough - for hot and cold water.

Contractual part

Now you can proceed to the next steps:

• Enter into an agreement with the housing manager and organization. The document discusses the procedure for making payments for water disposal and cold water.It also spells out the obligations that the housing maintenance office and the owner undertake.
• Conclude another agreement with the organization responsible for heating water. For example, in the capital we are talking about the State Unitary Enterprise Mosgorteplo. Payments are made to the account of these organizations according to the receipt from the hot water section. To draw up an agreement, you need to personally come to the office of the organization that serves the region of interest (the one where the house is located), and then declare your desire to pay for hot water by the meter. Now it is necessary to wait for an employee of the organization, who arrives at the place within a few days and puts an additional seal on the hot water meter. After that, a contract is signed. At this stage, it is worth clarifying how the readings will be transmitted.
• If it is not DEZ that acts as the managing organization, it is required to draw up an agreement with the company, and then bring it to the EIRC - the Unified Information Settlement Center. Together with the contract, it is required to capture a number of other documents - copies of passports for water meters, an act of commissioning or other papers. If all requirements are taken into account, the owner of the apartment is registered with the EIRC and receives information about the rules for transmitting meter readings. For convenience, it is necessary to use a special book in which testimony is entered.

Is it possible to install a water meter on your own - what does the law say about this

The ability to install a water meter on your own is not stipulated separately by law, the law only obliges all citizens of the Russian Federation to have them available.

At the same time, all water meters must comply with the requirements of the standards and be included in the list of approved installations in apartments. However, specialists from authorized organizations will offer the owner of the apartment certified water meters, with which there will be no problems.

Until 2012, in order to install a meter on a pipe, it was necessary to apply to the territorial housing department with a statement - the rules for installing water meters in an apartment did not provide otherwise. Now everything can be connected with your own hands.

Install the counter by representatives of the management campaign - the procedure for registration

Nowadays, it is allowed to independently install a water meter in an apartment. But if you still decide to install the meter by the representatives of the company, then you will need to perform the following steps:

1. Submit an application to the housing and communal office of the affiliation. Here they should offer a choice of a list of specialized organizations that install water meters for water in apartments
2. Next, you need to sign an agreement with the contractors for the production of work on the installation of a water meter in the apartment and their further maintenance
3. Upon completion of installation work in the apartment, an act of acceptance of the equipment and its commissioning is drawn up.
4. Simultaneously with the preparation of the act, the water meter is sealed.
5. An agreement is concluded with the operating organization on the use of these devices for calculating payment for the used water.

Install free of charge - to whom the law provides free installation of the fixture

It should be noted that according to the law, a certain group of citizens can install a water meter for free.

This service can be used free of charge:

• citizens with a total income below the subsistence level;
• participants in the Second World War;
• disabled citizens belonging to the first and second groups;
• citizens raising children with disabilities.

How to install a water meter in an apartment or house

Let us consider in detail all aspects related to how to install a water meter in an apartment. This process consists of several stages, namely:

Applying

You need to contact the DEZ or housing department (an organization that manages the housing stock) and apply for the installation of apartment water meters. At this stage, you need to find out if there are house meters in your house, since payment for cold water by the meter can only be made if they are available. Your application will be the basis for drawing up a draft Agreement between the owner of the housing and the organization that manages the housing stock. This document will regulate the procedure for payment for hot and cold water supplied to the water consumer. Under the Agreement, the consumer has new obligations and rights, which should be familiarized with at the initial stages of drawing up the agreement.

Assessment of existing engineering networks

Such an assessment will determine whether the water supply networks are suitable for installing a water meter. There are cases when, before installing a water meter, it is necessary to repair or change riser pipes or taps that shut off the water supply to the apartment.

Choosing a water meter

Do not rush and put the meter on the water yourself. Before that, you need to check with DEZ the type of device that suits you for installation. At the same time, according to the rules, only an organization that has a license to carry out such work has the right to install a water meter. It is better to choose a water meter the modification recommended by the installers so that there is no situation when the water meter you bought yourself, they refuse to install for some reason. Having decided on the time and date with the installers, you should also invite a representative of the DEZ or housing department, who will participate in the signing of the 3rd party act of acceptance and transfer of water meters into operation. At this point, it would be advisable to clarify who and how will solve the issues of maintenance and repair of water meters.

Number of water meters

In each house or apartment, the number of water meters is installed, which is provided for by the type of engineering networks. As a rule, 2 appliances are required (for hot and cold water).

Conclusion of contracts

At this stage, the following is carried out:

• conclusion of an agreement between the water consumer and the organization that manages the housing stock, according to which each of the parties assumes certain responsibilities (for residents of the capital, they are listed in resolution 77-PP). This agreement regulates the procedure for payment for the services of supplying "cold water" and "water disposal" (in the receipt for payment).
• a separate agreement is concluded with the company that will be engaged in heating water and receive payment for this, which is indicated on the receipt as “hot water”. To do this, you should contact the organization that deals with this issue in your area and state that you intend to pay for the supply of hot water according to the readings of the water meter.In a few days, their representative will come to you in order to sign an agreement and put an additional seal on the meter. At the same time, it is necessary to discuss how exactly you will have to submit meter readings for hot water in the future.

It should be noted that if your housing stock is not managed by DEZ, then the contract must be submitted to the EIRC (single information settlement center). In addition to the contract, you will need documents such as a meter passport and a commissioning certificate. At the EIRC, you will be registered, and you will also receive information on how exactly readings from water meters should be transmitted.

To simplify the procedure for accounting for water meter readings, a special book is used, where water meter readings are entered monthly (it can be obtained from the management company).

General installation rules ↑

It is important to remember that not all regions of the Russian Federation allow the installation of water meters with their own hands. By contacting the local branch of Vodokanal, it is easy to get advice on this issue.

If self-installation is allowed, we write an application and within ten calendar days we receive permission and a list of requirements that should be followed during installation.

Here are the most common ones:

• meters must be certified on the territory of the Russian Federation. Otherwise, you will simply be denied registration;
• a coarse filter must be installed in front of the meters. It allows you to intercept large mechanical inclusions (sand, scale formed during the operation and repair of pipelines);

• sometimes there is a requirement to install a check valve. In this case, it is impossible to rewind the counter with a vacuum cleaner;
• counters should be installed no further than twenty centimeters from the entrance to the highway. In this case, it is practically impossible to make a tie-in into the pipe bypassing the measuring device;
• the temperature in the room where the meters are installed should not fall below +5 degrees Celsius throughout the year;
• all meters must be sealed by a representative of the managing organization, otherwise their readings will not be taken into account in the calculation of water charges, and an additional amount will appear on the receipt - a fine.

When buying a meter, you must check the availability of a passport and check the serial number of the device with the data indicated in it.

In case of discrepancy, the representative of the responsible organization will simply refuse to seal, as a result - frayed nerves and money thrown to the wind.

If there are any non-zero indicators on the scoreboard, it does not matter, they will be entered into the registration card and the countdown of the used volume will go from them.

Companies eligible to install a water meter

In the legislation of the Russian Federation there are no clear criteria for an organization that has the right to install metering devices. The main condition is that the company must have a license and be accredited. At the same time, the owner of the apartment has the right to apply for the installation of a water meter to any specialist who has a sufficient level of competence to perform such work.

It is best to contact service companies that have the right to install meters for water metering in apartments. Usually they have licenses for work with engineering communications, as well as building certificates. Only these organizations, after installing the water meter, can issue you with all the documentation necessary for registration.

If your water meter is installed by a licensed company, then after installation you should have the following documents on hand:

• Technical documentation for the meter, a passport with a certificate or a printed copy of the declaration.
• Contract for the installation of a water meter.
• Certificate of serviceability of the device and correct installation.
• The act of commissioning, which is signed by a representative of the installer company, the owner of the apartment and an employee of the management office or water utility.

To reduce the commissioning time, it is worth contacting organizations that have the right to seal the units being put into operation. The law stipulates that during the operation of the meter, the company providing water supply services has the right to carry out inspections within the agreed period. As a rule, these terms are specified in the legislative document. Checking is carried out at least once a year and not more than three times a month. In this case, the section of the water supply in the apartment is subject to verification, starting from the shut-off valves at the outlet from the riser. It is difficult to say when the next inspection will take place, it all depends on the management company or the water utility. In addition to the period of inspections, the document stipulates that this office is obliged to monitor the serviceability of the shut-off valve at the outlet, repair and replace it in a timely manner.

Conclusion

Water meter verification services are paid. This is officially fixed by law. In this case, only re-calibration of flow meters is subject to payment. There are no fees for the first one.

Works are paid only by the direct owners of apartments where flow meters are installed. Residents of municipal apartments and tenants have the right not to pay for it, but to demand it from the real owners.

A number of citizens have the right to free verification of flow meters. This applies to veterans of the Second World War and disabled people of the 1st group. The list of beneficiaries can be expanded by decision of the regional legislative bodies.