This task involved collection of literary works including published, online and any other sources on the range of topics related to the thesis.
A detailed analysis of the literature collected and its consequent impact on the thesis was done. This included a perusal of existing case studies both within and outside South Africa to gain an overall understanding of how these meters have been performing in different areas. In addition to the Literature Review chapter above, a precursory case study database for the different advanced metering projects in South Africa shown in the Table 1 below was made. This database however only included basic information on the schemes with pending information on the current status of the different schemes required from the area staff. Nonetheless, the database offered possible areas that could be approached for more detailed information to formulate a case study.
ID Province Area Project brief
1 Free State Mangaung
Municipality Prepaid and AMR (Elster Kent and Utility Systems) meters installed in FY 2014/2015 for cost recovery, Leak detection and demand management
2 Free State Letsemeng Prepaid meters were installed in 1994-1995 for
cost recovery and debt management 3 Free State Bloemfontein National
Real Estate Complex AMR and Water Management devices (Utility Systems) installed in 2013 for demand management and leak detection
4 Free State Woodland Hills Estate ,
Bloemfontein AMR meters (Utility Systems) installed in 2012 for demand management and accurate measurement of consumption
5 Gauteng Soweto Phiri Gcinamanzi I –Prepaid meters installed in 2004 for
demand management and cost recovery
6 Gauteng Soweto Superblock III Soweto SuperBlock Project III – Prepaid and AMR meters installed in 2014/2015 for cost recovery
7 Gauteng Ekurhuleni Bulk meters (Kent H5000) installed in FY2014/2015
for accurate measurement of consumption
8 Gauteng Emfuleni Meters installed in 2010 primarily for data logging
9 Gauteng Hothespoort AMR (Sensus) meters installed in 2015 for cost
recovery , debt management and Leak detection
10 Gauteng Johannesburg
(Meadowlands and Chiawelo)
Prepaid and AMR (Lesira Teq) meters installed in 2015 for cost recovery and Leak detection
11 Gauteng Tshwane Prepaid meters installed in 1994 and 2014 for cost
recovery
12 Gauteng Tshwane Water Management Devices (WMDs) installed in
2012 for cost and debt recovery
13 Gauteng West Rand
Johannesburg Prepaid (Elster Kent ) meters installed in 2012 for cost recovery
14 Gauteng Mogale City Prepaid meters(Lesira Teq) were installed in 1999
for cost recovery and debt management 15 Northwest Rustenburg
(Rustenburg Extension 19)
Domestic and Bulk AMR meters (mainly Sensus Meistream) installed in 2013 -2014 for accurate measurement of consumption
16 North West Madibeng Local
17Municipality Prepaid meters(Lesira Teq) were installed in 2012 for cost recovery and debt management 17 North West Ngaka Modiri Molema
District Municipality Prepaid meters(Lesira Teq) were installed in 2012 for cost recovery and debt management
18 KwazuluNatal Durban AMR Meters installed in 2014 -2016 and 2016 for
leak detection and demand management 19 KwaZulu
Natal Ugu District Municipality Prepaid standpipes were installed from 2008 for cost recovery 20 KwaZulu
Natal Durban Flow limiters and Water management devices (Utility Systems) installed from 2004 for demand management and cost recovery
21 KwaZulu
Natal Umbumbulu Water management devices (Utility Systems) installed from FY2007/2008 for cost recovery, demand management and leak detection
22 KwaZulu
Natal Umlazi Water management devices (Utility Systems) installed from FY2007/2008 for cost recovery, demand management and leak detection
23 KwaZulu
Natal Ngwelezane Prepaid stand pipes (Bumpenaze) were installed from 1997 for cost recovery 24 Northern
Cape Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality Prepaid meters(Lesira Teq) were installed for cost recovery and debt management 25 Northern
Cape Moshaweng Local Municipality Prepaid meters(Lesira Teq) were installed for cost recovery and debt management
26 Mpumalanga Nkomazi Prepaid meters were installed in 1998 for cost
recovery and debt management.
27 Eastern Cape Umzimvubu Prepaid meters were installed in 1997 for cost
recovery and debt management
28 Eastern Cape Jansenville AMR (Elster Kent ) meters installed in 2014 for cost recovery
29 Limpopo Polokwane Prepaid (Teqnovo) meters installed in 2001 for
cost recovery
30 Limpopo Lephalale Remote reading advanced meters (Kamstrup)
installed in FY2014/2015 for leak detection
31 Limpopo Thulamela Local
Municipality Prepaid meters(Lesira Teq) were installed in 2012 for cost recovery and debt management 32 Western
Cape Verdlevei AMR (Elster Kent ) meters installed for cost recovery
33 Western
Cape Mandela Rhodes AMR (Elster Kent ) meters installed in 2012 for accurate measurement and data management 34 Western
Cape Beaufort West Prepaid (Elster Kent ) meters installed from 1980s (Bambamanzi/Conlog &later Elster Kent) for cost recovery
35 Western
36 Western
Cape Theewaterskloof Prepaid Elster Kent & Utility System Water Management Devices meters installed from 2009 for cost recovery
37 Western
Cape Swartland Municipality Water management devices (Aqualoc) installed in FY2014/2015 for debt management and cost recovery
38 Western
Cape Stellenbosch Municipality Water Management Devices (Utility Systems) were installed from 2009 for cost recovery and debt management
39 Western
Cape Mossel Bay Municipality Water Management Devices (Utility Systems) were installed from 2009 for cost recovery and debt management
40 Western
Cape Samora Machel Water management devices (Utility Systems) installed from FY2007/2008 for cost recovery, demand management and leak detection
41 Western
Cape Saxonsea Water management devices (Utility Systems) installed from FY2007/2008 for cost recovery, demand management and leak detection
42 Western
Cape Drankenstein Municipality Water management devices (Utility Systems) installed from 2008 for cost recovery, demand management and leak detection
43 Western
Cape Hermanus town Prepaid combined water and electricity meter installed from 1996 for cost recovery, demand management and leak detection.
44 Western
Cape Ravensmead Water Management Devices (Utility Systems) were installed from 2008 for cost recovery and debt management
45 Western
Cape Fisantekraal Water Management Devices (Utility Systems) were installed from 2008 for cost recovery and debt management
46 Western
Cape Swartland Prepaid meters were installed from 1997-2001 for cost recovery. 47 Western
Cape Kannaland Prepaid meters were installed from the 1980s for cost recovery.