In recent years, caring for the elderly living alone has gradually become a hot topic. How to provide real care and warm-hearted services for the elderly living alone and fully ensure the health and safety of them have become the focuses of service transformation in the industries.

On June 23rd, the project of “innovative intelligent service mode of water supply - free installation of intelligent water meters for the elderly living alone" carried out by Huizhong and Shunkong Development Co., Ltd. of Guangdong was completed, and 500 sets of intelligent water meters of Huizhong were officially provided for the elderly living alone.

Excellent performance of water meter for accurate data basis

With ultrasonic flow measurement technology and micro power consumption technology, based on the advantages of low starting flow (drip measurement), no loss of short-term water, wide dynamic diameter, low pressure loss, high stability and anti-rotation, the excellent performance of ultrasonic water meter ensures its stable measurement. The water meter can collect rich data including water consumption, water temperature and water use time, which provides an accurate data basis for in-depth analysis of water use habits and water use behaviors of the elderly living alone. 

Stable transmission of massive data for the water habits of the elderly

Huizhong's unique data transmission technology can flexibly set the upload time period according to the demand, and transmit the high-density and high-precision water use data with an interval of 5 minutes to the intelligent water supply platform, which greatly shortens the data update time, so as to ensure timely data tracking and measures, and make emergency rescue faster and daily assistance warmer.

Meanwhile, with smart water supply platform and “intelligent water housekeeper” applet, Huizhong’s intelligent ultrasonic water meter can accurately analyze the water use habits of the elderly living alone, export water use reports and dynamically monitor the living conditions of the elderly through intelligent analysis of water use data.

Intelligent data terminal for timely warning of abnormal water use

For the special group of “the elderly living alone”, after installing Huizhong’s intelligent ultrasonic water meter, an information database of elderly living alone can be established in the smart water supply platform, and as the key users in the platform, an alarm can be set separately. If it is defined as abnormal water use (no water for long-term or continuous water use, high water consumption within 24 hours, abnormal low or high-water temperature) after big data analysis, the multi-channel reminders for alarm will be carried out in the form of linkage, so that the family can track and take measures in time, adding a solid guarantee for the health and safety of the elderly living alone.

Quickly give play to the value of data

It is worth mentioning that after the installation and data reporting of the first batch of intelligent ultrasonic water meters, the intelligent water supply platform issued an alarm for abnormal water use after analyzing the data on the same day, reminding relevant personnel to pay attention to the possibility of suspected leakage among the users. After the on-site verification, it was confirmed that the valve was not closed after the user watered the flowers, and the water supply enterprise took urgent measures to deal with it, avoiding water resources waste and possible disputes during the payment stage.

Intelligent perception is the foundation of building a smart city. The accurate measurement of Huizhong’s intelligent ultrasonic water meter and the big data analysis of the smart water supply platform have jointly constructed a more intelligent, scientific, technological and humanized water supply service mode, truly enabling the social elderly care service system with smart water supply service, protecting the health and safety of the elderly, and contributing to the construction of a new smart city.