What. You can now add a water meter to any property and record readings directly in Ailo. When a water usage bill arrives, the previous reading pre-fills and Ailo calculates the usage in kilolitres for you. Smart Extract reads meter numbers and readings straight from the bill document and matches them to the property's registered meter.

Why. Previously, property managers had to look up the previous reading, calculate usage by hand, and cross-reference the meter number manually for every water usage bill. Bills spanning a change in tenancy were particularly tricky - there was no flag to prompt a manual split. With water meters in Ailo, that arithmetic disappears. Smart Extract pre-fills the bill, a reading history lives on the property for the whole team to see, and bills that span a tenancy change are automatically flagged for review rather than filled in incorrectly.

How. On any property page, find the new Water meter card. Select "Add water meter" and enter the meter number as it appears on the meter or a recent bill. From there, record readings manually or let Smart Extract do it when you process a water usage bill. The previous reading always pre-fills from the last recorded reading, and usage calculates automatically.