If you own rental property in Normal, Illinois, water submetering gets the water bill off your rent roll and onto the tenant who actually used it. Normal is built around Illinois State University, and the rental market near campus is dominated by small, individually owned multifamily: duplexes, fourplexes, and older houses converted to student units. When water is rolled into a flat rent, the tenant who never sees a bill has no reason to fix a leak or shorten a long shower, so usage runs high and bounces between units, and the whole roster turns over with the academic year. True Submeter gives Normal owners an affordable way to put an individual water meter on each unit, so every tenant is billed for exactly what they use. Usage drops, billing disputes disappear, and your net operating income climbs, with most owners recovering their full investment within six months. In a rental market this tied to Illinois State, your water billing should run on the same calendar as your leases.
