1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,760 The customer is going to be able to 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:05,820 log on to this portal, 3 00:00:05,820 --> 00:00:07,710 and be able to determine 4 00:00:07,710 --> 00:00:10,470 their usage on an hourly basis. 5 00:00:10,470 --> 00:00:12,940 And so this is huge benefits because first of all, 6 00:00:12,940 --> 00:00:16,070 it puts information at the customer's finger tips. 7 00:00:16,070 --> 00:00:19,660 It allows them to potentially modify behaviors to 8 00:00:19,660 --> 00:00:23,190 where they want to align their usage with what 9 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:24,053 they want to pay. 10 00:00:24,990 --> 00:00:27,970 But also, if there's a leak on their system, 11 00:00:27,970 --> 00:00:30,030 it's something that they'll actually be able to 12 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:32,610 find out about early, before they get a bill 13 00:00:32,610 --> 00:00:33,950 at the end of the month. 14 00:00:33,950 --> 00:00:36,828 It also benefits the city in that we're not 15 00:00:36,828 --> 00:00:39,910 having a situation where we're having to do a 16 00:00:39,910 --> 00:00:41,870 leak adjustment at the end of the month, 17 00:00:41,870 --> 00:00:45,880 or we just have water that's being wasted, 18 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,550 which nobody wants that. 19 00:00:47,550 --> 00:00:49,920 Another benefit of this program is it really provides 20 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,310 what the customers want. 21 00:00:51,310 --> 00:00:54,030 They want convenience of payment options, 22 00:00:54,030 --> 00:00:56,180 they want the data that they can actually 23 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:58,900 pull and look at, and make their own decisions 24 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:00,700 off that data and how they're gonna actually 25 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:02,843 utilize their water over that month.