If you own rental property in Nacogdoches, Texas, water submetering ends the standing subsidy you pay every month when your tenants’ water rides along inside the rent. Stephen F. Austin drives the rental market here, and the housing around campus is mostly individually owned student rentals: duplexes, houses split into units, and small apartment buildings. Bundle water into a flat rent and you take on every gallon your tenants run, which in student housing means heavy, uneven usage that turns over with a new group each fall and never shows up on anyone’s bill but yours. True Submeter gives Nacogdoches owners an affordable way to install an individual water meter on each unit, so the charge follows the tenant who actually 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 SFA, your water billing should follow the same calendar as your leases.
