Water meters. Verification of individual water meters Technical feasibility of installing meters Criteria

LETTER
dated December 7, 2010 N 41190-IB / 14

Editor's note:Federal Law No. 128-FZ of 08.08.2001 has become invalid.
, established by the Federal Law of 04.05.2011 No. 99-FZ.

2. Letter of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation dated October 27, 2011 No. 29432-AP / 14

MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
LETTER
dated October 27, 2011 N 29432-AP / 14

In accordance with paragraph 5.3.1.16 of the Regulations on the Federal Antimonopoly Service, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 331 dated June 30, 2004, the FAS Russia monitors compliance by organizations obliged to install, replace, operate metering devices for the energy resources used, requirements for the conclusion and execution of an agreement on the installation, replacement, operation of these devices, the procedure for its conclusion, as well as requirements for the provision of proposals for equipping energy resources with metering devices. At the same time, in accordance with paragraph 5.4 of the Regulations, the FAS Russia summarizes and analyzes the practice of applying the legislation of the Russian Federation in the established field of activity, and develops recommendations on the application of antimonopoly legislation.

Based on the above, the Ministry of Regional Development of Russia withdraws the letter of December 7, 2010 No. 41190-IB / 14. For clarifications on the above issues, please contact the FAS Russia.

A.A. POPOV

3. Information of the FAS Russia

Resource supplying organizations are obliged to carry out activities for the installation, replacement, operation collective and individual energy metering devices

The clarifications concerned the requirements for the installation sites of energy metering devices. At the same time, the letter stated that “resource-supplying organizations are obliged to carry out activities to install, replace, and operate only collective (common house) metering devices at the points of connection of objects (apartment buildings) to centralized water supply systems.”

Meanwhile, according to the FAS Russia, based on the understanding of the provisions of the Law on Energy Saving, the resource supplying organization is obliged to carry out activities to install, replace, operate both collective (general house) metering devices at the points of connection of objects (apartment buildings) to centralized energy supply systems, as well as and individual energy metering devices.

Based on the above, the FAS Russia sent a request to withdraw the letter from the Ministry of Regional Development of Russia. The requirement was fulfilled. A letter of October 27, 2011 No. 29432-AP/14 was sent to the executive authorities to revoke the letter of December 7, 2010 No. 41190-IB/14.

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(WFK2 - water meter for cold water, WFW2 - water meter for hot water). Installed to account for water consumption in water supply systems of any type.

By installing apartment water meters, you will significantly save money on paying for consumed water. An important factor influencing cost savings is the choice of metering device. A reliable metering device will not require additional investments for repairs, extraordinary verification or replacement. When choosing a water meter, remember that the main operational criterion is a reliable, durable, precise work device.

What is included in the standard installation of water meters?

STANDARD METER INSTALLATION KIT INCLUDES:

• cold or hot water meter;
• connection kit with check valve;
• coarse filter (purifies water before it enters the meter);

• necessary fittings (up to 2 positions);
• metal-plastic up to 50 cm (the most flexible material that allows you to install the meter in hard-to-reach places);
• one control seal.

Standard meter installation work includes:

• pipe cut;
• installation of a standard meter installation kit;

• sealing of the metering unit;
• preparation of a set of documents with its transfer to the client.

The listed materials and works are included in the cost of a standard meter installation.

Reasons for installing water meters

By installing water meters in your apartment, everyone can count on significant savings in paying for consumed water. An average Muscovite consumes on average 3-4 m3 of cold and 2.5-3 m3 of hot water per month, and pays for 11.68 m3! half utility bill at the standard rate, citizens pay for water that they did not use. By installing cold and hot water meters in your home, you will be able to use water, paying only for its actual consumption!

Of course, the installation of water meters is a paid service, and a certain amount will have to be spent on the purchase and installation of meters, but the meters are installed for a long time, and pay off, for example, for a family of 5 in less than six months.

Another reason for installing water meters is the massive non-payments of the residents of the house. Because of this, utilities, trying to compensate for their costs, begin to “scatter” unpaid money into the accounts of conscientious payers.

The reform of the housing and communal services provides for the widespread transfer of their structures to water accounting and payment in accordance with the real, and not the average, water consumption by consumers. For example, in Moscow, since 2003, all rented houses in without fail must be equipped with apartment water meters (water meters).

Application of water meters

They are used to account for water consumption in water supply systems of any type - in individual houses, apartments, offices, administrative buildings.

Typical users are:

• individual consumers;
• operating organizations (DEZ, REU, ZhSK, HOA);
• construction organizations.

For apartment-by-apartment water metering, water meters with a diameter of 15-20 mm are usually used, as a rule, these are single-jet devices. They are the most optimal in terms of price-quality ratio.

The main differences between hot water meters and cold water meters are the use of meters made of more resistant materials and with more a high degree allowable error.

The most important characteristics when choosing a water meter are:

• connecting diameter of the pipeline (DN);
• installation length of the pipeline;
• device registration in State Register measuring instruments of the State Standard of the Russian Federation;
• water meter accuracy class;
• possible installation options for using this water meter.

The installation length of the water meter is of particular importance for single-jet models, the correctness of which is significantly affected by the turbulence of the flow. To do this, after shutoff valves, adapters, filters, a straight section of the pipeline is provided with a length of 3-5 Du in front of the water meter and 1 Du after the meter. In this regard, water meters with DN 15-20 mm and an installation length of 130 mm or more can be installed without additional pipes in front and after them.

The accuracy class of a water meter is determined by the level of permissible error with which the device can operate at rated flow power. For apartment accounting drinking water water meters of class A (±1%) for cold and class B (±2%) for hot water are allowed.

When deciding on the installation of water meters, it is important to remember that the installation and further maintenance of water meters should be carried out by specialized organizations. The professionalism of the employees of the selected organization will guarantee that the meter will serve for a long time and without problems.

The principle of operation of an apartment water meter

A water meter (hot or cold) is used to measure the amount of water that flows through a pipeline. According to the principle of operation, water meters can be divided into tachometric, vortex, ultrasonic, electromagnetic (used in industry). By design, they are divided into separate and compact. By the number of serviced pipelines, water meters are divided into single-channel, two-channel and multi-channel.

Tachometric water meters have found wide application, in the device of which there is a mechanism (tachometer), which is activated by passing a stream of water through it. The flow of water acts on the blades or on the turbines, causing them to rotate. The rotation is transmitted to a counting mechanism that sums up the water flow.

Tachometric water meters are divided into several subtypes:

• turbine
• single jet
• multi-jet

Turbine mechanical meters are used to measure the consumption of cold or hot water in water supply systems. various types, systems of automatic control, regulation and management of technological processes and other areas of activity that require accounting for consumed water. Installed at the inlets of water supply systems industrial enterprises, multi-storey buildings and in the water supply system.

Single-jet water meters are dry-running meters, the principle of operation of which is based on measuring the number of revolutions of an impeller rotating under the influence of a single flow of water in a pipeline. The rotation of the impeller is transmitted to the indicator device by means of magnetic couplings. The counting mechanism of the dry-running counter is protected from water, which ensures long-term stability of measurements.

Advantages of dry meters:

• the design of the device provides protection against an external magnetic field (antimagnetic protection of the water meter);
• all devices can be equipped with a pulse output, which provides the possibility of remote reading of readings (the pulse output module is installed inside the water meter housing).

Multi-jet water meters differ from single-jet ones in that the water flow is divided into several jets before it hits the impeller blade. Due to this, the error of the turbulence of the flow is significantly reduced.

Advantages of multi-jet meters:

• minimum labor costs during dismantling and installation during periodic verification (only the upper easily removable part of the water meter is subject to verification);
• through additional adapter sleeves, the front panel of the meter is set to the level of the decorative surface);
• all water meters can be equipped with a pulse output, which allows remote reading of readings (the pulse output module is installed inside the water meter case).

Also, water meters can be divided into wet and dry type water meters. Water meters wet type are the simplest, but, nevertheless, quite effective. The mechanism of wet type water meters is not isolated from the flow through the meter. The advantages of these meters is their low cost, the disadvantage is the high sensitivity of the water meter to water quality.

Dry type water meters do not have this disadvantage. In dry meters, the mechanism is hermetically protected from the measured water flow by a non-magnetic partition, which does not leave deposits. Transmission and fixation of readings occurs when readings are transmitted from a rotating impeller or turbine using a magnet fixed inside. A dry mechanism is often equipped with multi-jet meters for more accurate accounting of water consumption. On single-jet meters, the dry mechanism is installed less often, which leaves them the cheapest.

Combined type water meters are also used, in which both vane and turbine mechanisms are combined, placed in parallel. When the pressure in the system is low, water enters through the vane metering mechanism, when the pressure increases, the flow passes to the turbine mechanism, the vane mechanism is blocked by a valve. Usually the mechanisms are located in the same plane.

Instrument verification

Payment utilities according to the readings of individual metering devices in accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 307 dated May 23, 2006 “On the procedure for providing utility services to citizens”, is performed only when the mandatory verification procedure is carried out on time.

Checking and calibrating water meters are two different processes. Verification is carried out in accordance with the Federal Law of the Russian Federation of June 26, 2008 N 102-FZ "On Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements".

Meter verification is a process Maintenance individual water consumption meters (repair, warranty service). Verification is a metrological process, upon completion of which the relevant documents are issued to the owner of the meter. Average, installed counter water metering can work up to twelve years, but periodically (once every four years for hot water, and once every six years for cold water), the meter must be verified. Of course, in order to reduce the cost of checking the meter, the subscriber can remove the meter himself and deliver it to the metrological service on his own, but still it is better to entrust all the processes to professionals.

Why is regular verification of water meters necessary? Since the water meter belongs to metrological instruments, mandatory verification is a process necessary to determine the errors that occur in the operation of the meter. In metrological services, an individual meter is checked for errors, adjusted to the parameters that it must comply with, and issued Required documents confirming that the work has been completed. If the verification procedure is ignored, the meter is considered unsuitable for use, and penalties may be imposed on the tenant, up to recalculation

Verification of individual (apartment) water meters must be carried out in accordance with the established deadlines.

The verification period is set by the manufacturer and is indicated in the documents for metering devices, as well as in the information block of the Single Payment Document (EPD).

To carry out verification of individual water meters, it is necessary:

1. Choose an organization that verifies IPU

Contact your managing organization, or the organization that installs your water meter. As a rule, they will recommend a specialized organization that installs metering devices.

Choose an IPU verification company yourself.

When choosing, pay attention to the following criteria:

How long has the company been on the market?

What are the reviews about the work of the company,

The cost of services (the average cost of installing a meter in Moscow is 800-1500 rubles per counter).

2. Check the documents of the selected company

Before checking metering devices a specialized organization must provide you with the following documents:

Certificate of accreditation.

After verification, a certificate of verification is issued.

Verification of measuring instruments is carried out by accredited legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.

Accreditation Regulations legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the Rules for the accreditation of metrological services of legal entities for the right to verify measuring instruments. The accrediting body is Gosstandart of Russia.

Gosstandart of Russia during accreditation issues an accreditation certificate with an annex to it, which indicates the scope of accreditation, its validity period does not exceed 5 years.

Information about accredited metrological services of legal entities is entered into the appropriate register. You can check the availability and status of accreditation of a particular company on the website Federal Service for accreditation ( http://fsa.gov.ru/index/staticview/id/70).

Also, the consumer has the right to ask representatives of the company performing the verification to present him with an accreditation certificate before concluding an agreement and performing work (a sample certificate is in the attached file). How is verification done?

It is possible to carry out verification different ways. Firstly, metrological verification is carried out without removing the instrument. In this case, on the basis of the concluded contract, the master checks the device on the spot without removing it. Secondly, verification is also possible with the removal of the device, which is sent for verification to a specialized organization. Thirdly, it is possible to replace the old meter with a new one. How much does verification cost?

Servicing and verification of the IPU are carried out on the basis of an agreement concluded between the owner of the residential premises and a specialized organization that has the necessary permits. In other words, residents independently choose any organization that will carry out the verification.

Works on verification of IPU do not apply to services for the maintenance and repair of common property apartment building and/or utilities. The cost of these services is not subject to state regulation and is determined by agreement of the parties in the contract; there are no specially established tariffs.

What happens if verification is not completed on time?

In accordance with paragraph 59 of the Rules for the provision of utility services to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings and residential buildings, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. hot and cold water. Accruals in this case are made for three months according to the average calculated readings of an individual meter for six months, and from the fourth - according to the standard.

Please note that verification of IPU must be carried out on time.

Need mandatory verification of IPU enshrined in Art. 13 of the Federal Law "On Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements" dated June 26, 2008 No. 102-FZ and Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 354 dated May 6, 2011

Information about the cancellation of verification is incorrect and misleads the consumer.

The Ministry of Regional Development proposes every six months starting from 2014 to raise payments for housing and communal services by 10% for residents who have not installed meters for hot and cold water, heating and electricity. From the end of 2015, the cost of services for them should increase by 60%. Thus, the department wants to economically stimulate the housing and communal services market to a full transition to meters. But it chose the wrong moment for this.

The Ministry of Regional Development (Minregion) has published a draft amendment to government acts on the provision of public services, according to which citizens who have not installed meters for hot and cold water, heating and electricity by the end of the year, from 2014 will have to pay in excess of the standard consumption (minus houses in which the installation of meters is technically impossible). The fee will increase every six months - if the house does not have common house and individual metering devices, then from January 1, 2014, you will have to pay 10% more than the standard for electricity, hot and cold water. From July 1, 2014 it will be plus 20%, from January 1, 2015 - 40%, from July 1, 2015 - 50%, and from 2016 - 60%. The same standards apply to the consumption of electricity and water for general house needs. There is no question of installing apartment heat meters, but if it is possible to install a common house meter in an apartment building, but it is not available (common house meters are the responsibility of management companies), residents will have to pay with the same multiplying factor.

Also, according to the current legislation, in the absence of meters, those who are not registered in the apartments are also required to pay for electricity, water and heat. But the Ministry of Regional Development proposes to tighten this norm as well, obliging citizens to inform the management company (MC) about their registration, as well as about guests or tenants within five days. If the owner has not notified about the citizens temporarily residing in his apartment, then the employees of the Criminal Code, with the help of two other tenants, can themselves establish this fact even if the owner of the apartment is absent or unwilling.

Note that such or similar measures have already been proposed by the department in the previously rejected editions of the "Rules for the provision of housing and communal services" - for example, "Kommersant" wrote about similar initiatives on August 2 and 20, 2010. The current ideas of the department about the resuscitation of old projects are probably primarily due to the personnel confusion in Gosstroy, whose function is to regulate housing and communal services, after the departure of Vladimir Kogan's team from there. So, on February 11, RIA Novosti reported, citing the ministry, that Ilya Ulyanov, who previously headed the department of public services and licensing activities, was appointed deputy head of Gosstroy. This was confirmed by Kommersant's sources in the industry, who later reported that Mr. Ulyanov resigned as deputy head of the housing and communal services agency two weeks after being hired. But yesterday, the Ministry of Regional Development officially announced that “Ilya Ulyanov has never been the deputy head of Gosstroy - his deputy head (never appointed. - "b") for housing and communal services is Lyudmila Solovieva.

Citizens who have not installed by the end of the year meters for hot and cold water, heating and electricity, from 2014 will have to pay in excess of the standard consumption. The fee will increase every six months, the relevant amendments to the legislation have been prepared by the Ministry of Regional Development. They do not apply to houses in which the installation of meters is technically impossible.

If the house does not have common house and individual metering devices, then from January 1, 2014, you will have to pay 10% more than the standard for electricity, hot and cold water, according to materials from the Ministry of Regional Development. From July 1, 2014 it will be plus 20%, from January 1, 2015 - 40%, from July 1, 2015 - 50%, and from 2016 - 60%. The same standards apply to the consumption of electricity and water for general house needs.

There is no talk of installing apartment heat meters. But if in an apartment building it is possible to install a common house meter, but it is not there, then residents will have to pay with the same multiplier.

Citizens could install meters for water and heat at their own choice until July 1, 2012. After this period, resource-supplying organizations have the right to forcibly install devices and enter their cost into the costs of maintaining and repairing housing.

According to the legislation, in the absence of meters, those who are not registered in the apartments are also required to pay for electricity, water and heat. The Ministry of Regional Development proposes to tighten this rule and oblige citizens to report their registration, as well as arriving guests or tenants within five days. An application must be submitted to the Criminal Code indicating the name of the owner and the registered citizen. In case of arrival of a guest, you must send to the Criminal Code his name and length of stay.

If the owner did not notify about the citizens temporarily residing in his apartment, then the employees of the Criminal Code, with the help of two other residents, can establish this fact themselves - even if the owner of the apartment is absent or unwilling.

The Ministry of Regional Development also proposes to make payments more detailed. In particular, expenses for general house needs should be recorded in a separate line. This provision does not apply to heat - it will be counted on one line and will include heating fees for both residential and all non-residential premises in the house.

The introduction of amendments by the Ministry of Regional Development coincided with a meeting with President Vladimir a, at which the head of state criticized the department for increasing payments since January 1, 2013. From that moment, the government decree on new payment calculations began to operate (they indicate the expenses of the owners and for general house needs, and the regions set their own consumption standards).

“So, as practice shows, there is no relationship between the regulation of tariffs and the real payment of citizens,” admitted the head of the Ministry of Regional Development, Igor Slyunyaev.

According to Slyunyaev, in 49 regions, citizens began to pay more. Moreover, the tariffs of resource-supplying organizations did not increase: they are now growing twice a year - from July 1 and September 1. According to Slyunyaev, the tariffs of management companies, however, increased in 21 regions, consumption standards - in 9, and in 19 regions - both tariffs and standards.

The maximum jump in prices - 225% - was noted in two municipalities in the Murmansk region.

Putin also filed a claim for payments in St. Petersburg. “In St. Petersburg, in some areas [rents] have increased by 40 percent. Here they are, bills,” the head of state was indignant. An aide to the president presented a bill for a certain St. Petersburg apartment: the fee there increased from 3,790 rubles to 12,570 rubles. In Moscow, where payments do not include expenses for common house needs, the situation is better, Nabiullina reported and presented documents for her apartment. “I had 3,900 in October, 4,900 in November, 5,100 in December, and 5,400 in January,” Nabiullina said.

“And in Murmansk, you say, in some municipalities by more than 200 percent. You've gone crazy, haven't you!" - Putin addressed Slyunyaev.

The minister tried to justify the situation by saying that management companies began to fill in the “heating” line at will: either this is a fee for heating season or monthly. “Are they paid regularly, or is it also increased during the heating season?” Putin asked.

The overpayment for housing and communal services must be returned, the president ordered. The head of the Ministry of Regional Development, in turn, put forward his own proposals to remedy the situation: to limit the growth of rent costs by no more than 10-15% per year, to oblige resource supply organizations to install meters and include these costs in investment programs, and also to create commercial accounting operators for utility bills.

The initiatives developed by the Ministry of Regional Development reflect the idea supported by both the government and the president to stimulate the installation of meters, the head of working group of the expert council under the government for the development of housing and communal services, executive director of NP "Housing and Public Utilities Development" Andrey. “We have been preparing these amendments with the Ministry of Regional Development. Until we economically stimulate the installation of metering devices, we will not be able to calculate how much water is consumed and what losses. It is impossible to talk about modernization in such a situation, ”the expert emphasized. According to him, the problem is not who will install the meters and pay for them, but that these devices work. “We have somewhere consumption standards are overstated, somewhere they are underestimated. And where they are underestimated, in case of installing meters, the payment increases. Instead of saving and fighting leaks, the management company breaks them, ”Chibis gave an example.

Economic incentives for the installation of metering devices are correct in principle, but require the study of other issues, points out the leading legal adviser of the Institute of Economics of the city Dmitry. “The state is inconsistent and is afraid of social discontent, therefore, sanctions were not introduced for citizens for not installing meters, but for organizations they are,” the expert recalls.

“Can all 100% of consumers install metering devices by the end of the year? Will there be such a technical possibility? Are there enough metering devices? And will consumers have enough money? asks the lawyer.

He recalled that in 2010 the initiative on increased coefficients had already been discussed, but the government did not pass. In addition, municipalities have to pay for the installation of meters in social housing, but there is no money for this in their budgets, the lawyer notes.

Gordeev supports the centralized installation of meters by resource-supplying organizations, but makes a reservation: “The proposal should have been accepted a long time ago. Now it does not fit with the initiative of individual installation of meters.” “Now all residents are required to take readings within two days, and the Criminal Code is to subtract them from the data of common house devices. All residents do not submit information at the same time, the calculations turn out to be inaccurate, ”the expert explained.

The program for introducing coefficients to the standards must be built strictly in conjunction with the installation of general house meters and introduce increased standards only for houses without such meters, says Andrey, head of the sales department of Russian Communal Systems. Otherwise, according to him, citizens will install individual meters faster than common ones. “In the zone of activity, 48% of houses are currently provided with general house electricity metering devices, heating - 45%, cold water - 42%, hot water - 24% (due to the absence or misregulation of hot water recirculation networks)," Maslov cited statistics. He acknowledged that resource-supplying organizations do not have money for a one-time installation of meters.

The Evraziysky company also supports the initiative and points to the problem of a lack of common house meters in houses. In particular, in Sochi, in apartment buildings, devices are installed in 78.54% of apartments, and common house meters - in only 7.5% of houses. “And here we have to talk not only and not so much about the lack of activity of citizens, but about their purposeful unwillingness to solve this problem,” the company believes. Sochivodokanal has not yet begun the forced installation of meters, but is already calculating the necessary costs. The difference in the readings of common house water meters and apartment meters in Sochi is 10.47%, calculated in Eurasian. “This is the average percentage of cold water losses in apartment buildings, associated both with the non-installation of meters and with the technical condition of communications,” the company noted. These losses are borne by water suppliers, management companies and homeowners associations.

Evraziysky believes that the amendments of the Ministry of Regional Development should clarify the situation in which a common house meter is installed in an apartment building, but there are none in apartments (several or all). The responsibility of the parties when accepting meters, their operation and safety should also be clarified. The company recalled that fines for non-compliance with the law on energy efficiency were introduced 3 years ago, but no court case has yet been considered.