Prepaid Water Supply Research Paper

Water is an essential element of life. It is necessary to humans and all other life forms for survival. People use it in various ways, such as drinking, washing, bathing, cooking, watering the plants, and many more. Oftentimes, people use water excessively, not minding how much volume of water they consume every day. In a bigger scale, this could be considered a big problem. Perhaps, one reason behind this is that people can do whatever they want with the water since they pay for it at a later time. However, at present, smart meters with remote supervisory control have been developed in different countries with the aid of solid state electronics together with the advancements in wireless technology. A study in Palestine stated that Prepaid Water Meters promoted wise use of water [#]. They implemented this to address the problem on excessive water consumption.

Most people in Cebu can access potable water through water suppliers/distributors such as the Metropolitan Cebu Water

It has a web application, which is responsible for the interaction between the customers and the system where they make transactions such as purchasing load of any amount for the prepaid water supply service. The system provides the availability of prepaid plan by implementing real-time payment transactions which means that when a customer pays, the web server then sends the paid value to the database server and then the database server will send it to the correct base station. Gathering and analysis of data is also made easy because workers are not required to go to the clients’ water meters and perform readings. Furthermore, clients are also able to track their past water usage and payments made so they would be guided as to how they use and consume water daily