Using the smart IC card water meter technology scheme can bring many convenience to the water supply management department and users, and will have many positive and beneficial effects. Using the smart IC card water meter as the basic technical component can also provide basic technical support for the modernization of the traditional water supply and consumption management mode. Compared with the traditional water meter, the smart IC card water meter technology can bring many new changes. 

1. For the water supply department, the water use mode of paying first and then supplying water can be realized. This is a generally recognized advantage. This will help to solve the problem of water arrears that was difficult to solve in the past. The experience of implementing the IC card gas meter in the gas sector shows that this mode is generally accepted. The gas supply department not only solves the long-standing problem of arrears, but also can receive funds in advance. For users, because the proportion of water expense in total expenditure is very small, this change, for users, is only to advance the delivery time of water expense for a period of time, so users are not sensitive. But for the water sector, this change cannot be underestimated. With the shortage of water resources and the gradual recognition of the commodity nature of water, the trade of water will gradually adopt the trade mode of general commodities. Obviously, it is a more reasonable trade mode to pay first and then use water.

 

2. It has changed the mode of charging for meter operation. The significance of this mode change is huge. Due to the continuous expansion of the city scale and the rapid increase of the number of residents, the workload of meter reading and charging in the water supply sector will continue to increase. It will be difficult to adapt to this change by using the traditional door-to-door meter reading mode. Now, due to the influence of various reasons, the efficiency of manual operation of the meter has gradually declined and the cost of this mode is increasing. There are many ways to solve this problem, but relying on technological progress to solve this problem should be a more advocated way. Obviously, using the smart IC card water meter and its management system will fundamentally change the mode that the water supply department sends people to thousands of households to collect fees for meter reading. As long as the water supply department reasonably sets up the payment organization, it will not cause trouble to users basically. If we get the cooperation of the financial system, we can also reduce the cost of distribution. Therefore, the large-scale use of smart IC card water meter technology will significantly help to reduce the management cost of the water supply sector. When using IC card for transaction settlement, users can decide the time and quantity of payment independently, which increases the autonomy of users. Especially with the enhancement of people's awareness of family safety and privacy, the random access to private households such as meter reading and door-to-door charging will gradually become unpopular or even boycotted, which is a social development trend that must be paid attention to. The use of smart IC card for transaction settlement will effectively solve the problem that will bring many social hidden dangers. 

3. It can effectively solve some technical problems. For example, with the shortage of water resources, more complex water management modes will be gradually implemented, such as over planned water price or even stepped water price. These will put forward higher technical requirements for water supply and consumption transactions. It is difficult to solve these technical problems by using the mode of ordinary water meter and artificial meter reading, and it will be easy to solve these problems by using the intelligent IC card water meter. 

4. With the development of science and technology, the water supply industry also needs to gradually realize water supply management by high-tech means. It is difficult to achieve this leap by using traditional water meters, and the use of smart IC card water meters will lay a technical foundation for the use of computer technology for modern management. 

5. Of course, there are other advantages of using smart IC card water meter, such as effective solution to measurement wrangles, water disputes, embezzlement of water fees, human feelings of water, difficulties in water statistics, etc. 

6. Compared with remote meter reading system, smart IC card water meter has low cost of use and maintenance, no confusion caused by wiring and high failure rate. The above advantages of smart IC card water meter will make the smart IC card water meter gradually accepted by the society and become a basic configuration