See your water use in real time, before the bill arrives.
Utilities read these meters by monthly drive-by (AMR); PhloMetric is micro-AMI: your own fixed receiver network, delivering AMI-grade interval data where no municipal AMI exists, into a database on your own network. Built for organizations, HOAs, water districts, parks, and campuses running many meters across a larger property. A Node locks onto the meter you own and decodes it over 900 MHz; a Gateway aggregates one or many Nodes over a 433 MHz mesh and uploads to a PC on your LAN. Off-the-shelf ESP32 hardware, proprietary OTA-updated firmware.
Water Meter Node
Hears the utility meter you own, validates it, and shows that one meter live on a built-in dashboard, then relays it to the Gateway.
- Two FSK radios, one firmware — autodetects SX1276 or SX1262 at boot.
- Three meter families — GIF2006B, GIF2014W-OSE (hopping), GIF2020OCECNA (200 kbps).
- Privacy by default — surfaces only your meter; neighbors withheld at the source.
- Daily email reports + JSON API + OTA from any browser, iPhone included.
- Powers off the irrigation 24 VAC — no new outlet, reuses existing wiring.
Water Meter Gateway
The seam between the radio mesh and your network. Collects readings from every Node and POSTs them to a PC ingest service on the LAN.
- Up to 32 Nodes over a multi-hop, ACKed 433 MHz mesh.
- Retry buffer — queues locally if the PC is offline, so no reading is lost.
- Fixed / static IP option & optional W5500 wired Ethernet uplink.
- Fallback WiFi AP so distant Nodes can always phone home.
- Daily "By Node" email + remote mesh commands (set meter, reboot, ping).
- Catch leaks between billing cycles. A stuck irrigation valve or slab leak shows up in hours, not on next month's invoice.
- Water-conscious by design. Per-meter consumption patterns make out-of-range use stand out, supporting Front Range conservation and tiered-rate budgets.
- Micro-AMI on Boulder's AMR meters. Most meters here are GIF2006B AMR-only endpoints; PhloMetric turns them into AMI meters today, a capability the utility cannot deliver until the meters are replaced. One Gateway consolidates dozens of Nodes into one database you own.
| Item | Qty | Unit | Ext. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Meter Node | 6 | $120 | $720 |
| Water Meter Gateway | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| System total | $920 |
One Gateway scales to dozens of Nodes; standalone single-Node is $120, no Gateway. Volume pricing available, contact us for a site-specific quote.
| PhloMetric | Clamp-on home monitors | Whole-home monitor + shutoff | Subscription submetering | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reads your existing utility meter | Yes | No, new sensor on your pipe | No, plumbed into the line | Adds its own submeter |
| Ongoing monthly fee | None | Optional | Optional | Usually required |
| Where your readings are stored | Your own network | Vendor cloud | Vendor cloud | Vendor cloud |
| Built for many meters / one HOA or campus | Yes, 1 Gateway → dozens of Nodes | One home | One home | Yes |
| Hardware per metered point | $120 | ~$110–270 | ~$500–580 | Quote + per-meter fees |
Category comparison; representative published prices as of mid-2026, varying by model and vendor.
Privacy & liability, handled
The 900 MHz band is shared, so a receiver can physically hear many meters. PhloMetric deliberately does not act on that: each Node is bound to the single meter its owner configures, and the dashboard, API, email, and upload all surface only that meter, so you collect and store only your own consumption data.