A Deep Dive into Water Bill Verification
Stop overpaying for water. This page provides a closer look at the Water Bill Verification feature, a key part of the Augos platform. It uses your real consumption data and exact local tariffs to create a "shadow bill," giving you the evidence needed to dispute overcharges and ensure financial accuracy. Learn more about our complete Water Efficiency solution.
The Critical Role of Bill Verification in Water Management
Water Bill Verification is a crucial financial control tool within our complete Water Efficiency & Loss Prevention solution. Its primary purpose is to ensure your municipal or utility water bills are indisputably accurate. By comparing your supplier's invoice against independently measured data from your site, it acts as a powerful financial audit, identifying billing discrepancies that are often impossible to spot manually and providing the evidence needed to recover money.
Recover Overcharges & Prevent Future Losses
The most immediate benefit is recovering money from both historical and current overcharges. By identifying systemic billing errors—like the wrong tariff being applied for months—we provide the data-driven evidence needed to secure refunds and protect your bottom line from future inaccuracies.
Mitigate Financial Risk from Under-billing
A major, often overlooked, financial risk for businesses is under-billing. If a water supplier discovers they have under-billed your account due to their own faulty meter or an administrative error, they can legally back-claim those charges for up to 36 months. Our verification process identifies this risk early, protecting your business from a sudden, large, and unexpected back-charge.
Common Water Billing Errors We Uncover
Our audits frequently find significant savings by identifying common errors that often go unnoticed by busy finance teams. These include:
Bills based on inaccurate estimated usage instead of actual, precise meter readings.
The application of incorrect or outdated tariff blocks or rates.
Charges for incorrect meter sizes listed on the account, leading to inflated fixed charges.
Inaccurate readings from a faulty or degrading utility-owned meter.
Simple manual data entry mistakes made by the supplier during the billing cycle.
How the Bill Verification Process Works
Our platform simplifies this complex financial task into a clear, automated workflow.
Measure Your Actual Usage
We use our advanced smart meters or pulse loggers to measure your true water consumption, completely independent of your supplier's infrastructure. This creates the "source of truth."
Generate a "Shadow Bill"
The Augos platform ingests your local tariff structure in detail and applies it to your measured consumption data, automatically generating a comparative "shadow bill."
Instantly Compare & Flag Variances
This Augos-generated bill is compared line-by-line to your supplier's invoice. Any variances in consumption, charges, or applied rates are instantly flagged for your review.
Get Expert Dispute Support
If a discrepancy is found, we provide a structured Billing Dispute Support service with a full 36-month historical analysis and a comprehensive evidence pack to build and support your claim.
Frequently Asked Questions
Stop Overpaying for Water
See how our Water Bill Verification tool can help you identify billing errors and recover costs.