States and territories have agreed on a national approach to non-urban water metering.
Use the framework and guidelines to ensure you understand how to comply.
Metrological Assurance Framework 2
All Australian states and territories, 2021
The Metrological Assurance Framework 2 (MAF2) sets out requirements for non-urban metering.
It means:
- higher confidence in meter accuracy
- easier methods to ensure meter accuracy
- consistent regulation of water metering across Australia
- better compliance data for water users, regulators, meter installers and manufacturers.
You can find more guidance on state or territory websites.
The MAF2 replaces the original (2009) Metrological Assurance Framework.
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| Document | Pages | File size |
|---|---|---|
Metrological Assurance Framework 2 PDF  |
49 | 937 KB |
Metrological Assurance Framework 2 DOCX  |
40 | 1.5 MB |
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Pattern Approved meters
All Australian states and territories
All non-urban water meters must be Pattern Approved to the Australian Standard for non-urban water meters (AS4747). This applies to new and replacement meters. Meters are Pattern Approved by the National Measurement Institute of Australia.
We publish the list of Pattern Approved meters.
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| Document | Pages | File size |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern Approved non-urban water meters PDF |
13 | 3.1 MB |
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We also publish the non-urban metering requirements for the Murray-Darling Basin. These help the metering industry to understand the metering requirements of water users.
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| Document | Pages | File size |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern Approved metering requirements for the Murray-Darling Basin state PDF |
13 | 2.1 MB |
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Metering thresholds
All Australian states and territories, 2018
All states and territories have agreed on guidelines for non-urban water metering thresholds. Regulators use these best practice guidelines to design their metering policies.
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| Document | Pages | File size |
|---|---|---|
| Best practice guidelines for minimum metering thresholds PDF |
6 | 958 KB |
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