Historic Water Meter Museum
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Museum links and study resources

Papers and Historical Archives (PDFs) +Links

  • 1862 - Charging for Public Water Use by Water Meter - F.G.Johnson N.Y-USA
  • 1885 - Comparing competing Water Meter Designs (Web Link)
  • 1888 - Water Meter testing Commission (Boston)
  • 1893 - Water Meters & their difficulties -G. Walter Kent (UK)
  • 1894 - The Worthington Water Meter -Applications
  • 1917 - The use of Water Meters - J. C. Beardsley Source: Journal AWWA
  • 1917 - Neptune Trident Water Meters
  • 1927 - Water Works Engineering Magazine
  • 1930 - German Co-Op. Manufacturers Group Advertisement
  • 1974- The Smithsonian Story of Water Meters (Comprehensive)
  • 2002 - Paddlewheel Water Meter Study - NSW Agriculture
  • 2006 - Overview of AMR
  • 2007 - Victorian Water Heritage Study
  • 2012 - Part I Water Meter History with Moving Parts - Romania
  • 2012 - Water Meters -selection, installation & testing (AWWA)
  • 2016 - AMR Study Paper
  • 2018 - History of American Water Meters © 2018 Morris A. Pierce (Web Link)

  • 2026 - The History and origins of Australia's first Water Meters and the Government initiate to bill consumers for water use. (Currently under works)

Useful Web Links to Water related Museums

Power-House Science Museum NSW - Water Meters Goulburn Water Works Museum NSW - Intact Historic Pumping Station Walka Water Works Maitland NSW - Historic Pumping Station Museums Victoria - Davies Shephard Prototype Water Meter -1880'sIndigenous Museum N.T. - Water Consciousness Water Corporation WA - Boola Bardip Water Museum National Museum Australia ACT - Water StoriesCunderdin Museum WA - Water Pumping StationSydney Water NSW - Water Education Centre Water-NSW - Assets Register History Council NSW - Water Stories ExhibitionSmithsonian, Washington USA - 108-water-meters UNESCO Water Museum, Venice Italy - Global Network Water Works Museum, UK - Water Pumps Dutch Water Museum, Holland - The story of Water Hydropolis Museum, Poland - The story of Water Water Works Museum, Hong Kong - The story of Water & More Arisu Water Museum, Seoul Korea - Perhaps best Museum everything about Water (Visited by A.Manu)

Water Meter Videos -YouTube

Engineers' Forum - History of Water Meters at EBMUD

Donations of Water Meters to Museums

ManuFlo LCD reset water meter - PowerHouse Museum NSW
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