If you own rental property in Hammond, Louisiana, water submetering recovers the water bill from the people who actually run it up: your tenants. Southeastern Louisiana University drives the rental market here, and the housing around campus is largely individually owned student rentals: duplexes, houses split into units, and small apartment buildings. Bundle the water into a flat rent and every dollar of usage is yours to absorb, which in a hot Gulf South market full of student tenants who never see a bill means high, uneven consumption that resets with each fall move-in. True Submeter gives Hammond owners an affordable way to install an individual water meter on each unit, so the charge follows the tenant who used the water. Usage falls, billing disputes end, and your net operating income rises, with most owners earning the cost back within six months. In a town this tied to SLU, your water billing should move with your leases.
