See your water use in real time, before the bill arrives.
PhloMetric is a two-tier wireless telemetry system that reads your utility water meter over the air and lands every reading in a database on your own network. 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 firmware, over-the-air updates.
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.
- Right-sized. One Node runs standalone for a single property; add a Gateway when an HOA, park, or campus needs many meters in one database.
| Item | Qty | Unit | Ext. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Meter Node | 6 | $120 | $720 |
| Water Meter Gateway | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| System total | $920 |
Single-property standalone: one Node, $120, no Gateway required. Scales one Gateway to dozens of Nodes. 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 of typical residential and submetering products; figures are representative published prices as of mid-2026 and vary 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.