Water and Utility Submetering for Multifamily and HOAs

Fully automated water submetering and billing for apartments and multifamily properties.

Simple and elegant Water Submetering and Billing for Multifamily properties and HOAs.

American Submetering provides turnkey utility submetering for Apartment Properties and For-Sale Housing Communities.

We offer installation and automated readings of submetering infrastructure and provide automated billing and payment collection for multifamily landlords and HOAs.

What We Submeter

We specialize in full-service water and electrical submetering. Addittionally we can integrate sewer, trash and gas billing, consolidating all utility charges into one monthly bill.

Water
Sewer
Gas
Trash

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Why Submeter

Submetering utilites ensures tenants are held accountable for their usage by charging based on actual usage. An even split of utilties, such as water, creates a situation where many tenants pay more for water than their usage.

We offer a modern submeter billing platform that ensures each household is billed for their actual usage, incentivizing tenants and homeowners to control usage. Submetering rewards tenants who actively conserve by lowering their monthly utility bills as well as providing usage data that previously wasn't available to them.

    Benefits To Submetering

  • Encourages conservation of water and energy.
  • Lowers the overall cost of living for tenants.
  • Automated reading and billing reduces utility allocation errors.

    • Simplified Tenant Billing

    Our fully automated platform calculates actual usage and allocates it by unit, generates and distributes individual bills, and manages payment collections for landlords.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Water submetering is the process of installing individual water meters for each unit in a multifamily property or single family home that's part of a larger HOA. This allows landlords to charge tenants based on their actual water usage rather than a flat rate or an estimated amount.

    To submeter water, you need to install individual water meters for each unit, connect them to a central reading system, and set up a billing system to charge tenants based on their usage. Our team of technicians ensures the installation process is seamless and efficient. We make sure the submeters are operating correctly and providing readings to the central base station, generate monthly bills for tenants and then remit those payments to the landlord or HOA.

    Each month, total water usage is pulled from the City water bill. The total is then allocated to each unit based on their individual usage and individual bills are generated and emailed. Each tenant receives a bill which they pay online. After a set amount of days, the total payments collected are then transferred to the landlord or HOA to pay the master meter bill.

    Besides being required in California for all new apartment developments, submetering provides a way to charge tenants based on their actual usage. This encourages conservation of water which is a precious resource. Tenants benefit by only paying for the water they use and not a fixed percentage of total water usage at a property. This can lead to significant savings for tenants and homeowners. Additionally, submetering can help landlords and HOAs reduce their overall water costs by incentivizing tenants to conserve water.