Rhode Island water and sewer costs rank among the steepest in the country, and in South Kingstown that expense falls on landlords renting to a population that turns over constantly. The University of Rhode Island sits in Kingston village, and the housing serving it, older homes and small multifamily around Wakefield and Peace Dale, belongs mostly to individual owners working with a single meter per building. Summer brings another rotation as coastal rentals change hands. Water submetering measures each unit separately. True Submeter puts an individual water meter on each one and bills every tenant automatically for their own usage, so the owner stops absorbing the difference. Usage falls once it becomes visible, the shared-bill arguments end, and net operating income improves. Between the university calendar and the summer season, few markets swap tenants more often, and few have more to gain from metering unit by unit.
