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 BRITISH STANDARD BS 5728-2:
Supplement
1:1984
ISO 4064-2:
1978
Addendum

Measurement of flow of 1:1993

Incorporating
Amendment No. 1

cold potable water in

closed conduits —
Part 2: Specification for installation
requirements for single meters
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Supplement 1: Parallel and multiple

meter operation

[ISO title: Measurement of water flow in closed conduits — Meters

for cold potable water — Part 2: Installation requirements —
Addendum 1: Parallel and multiple meter operation]

UDC 532.542:628.1.033:681.121.002.72
 BS 5728-2:Supplement 1:1984

Committees responsible for this

British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the

Industrial-process Measurement and Control Standards Committee (PCL/-) to
Technical Committee PCL/2 upon which the following bodies were represented:

British Compressed Air Society

British Gas Corporation
Department of Energy (Gas Standards)
Department of Trade and Industry (National Engineering Laboratory)
Department of Trade and Industry (National Weights and Measures
Laboratory)
Electricity Supply Industry in England and Wales
Energy Industries Council
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Gambica (Beama Ltd.)

Institute of Measurement and Control
Institute of Petroleum
Institute of Trading Standards Administration
Institution of Gas Engineers
Society of Chemical Industry
STC Water Regulations and Fittings Scheme
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Coopted member

The following bodies were also represented in the drafting of the standard,
through subcommittees and panels:

Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists

Water Research Centre

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Industrial-process
Measurement and Control
Standards Committee, was
published under the authority of
the Board of BSI and comes into
effect on Amendments issued since publication
31 May 1984

© BSI 07-1999
Amd. No. Date of issue Comments

5131 July 1986 Indicated by a sideline in the margin

The following BSI references
relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference PCL/2
Draft for comment 81/32060 DC

ISBN 0 580 13863 1

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Contents

Page
Committees responsible Inside front cover
National foreword ii
1 Scope and field of application 1
2 Definition 1
3 Examples of use of meters operating in parallel and multiple meter
operation 1
4 Criteria for the selection of water meters 1
5 Associated fittings 1
6 Installation 1
7 First operation of water meters 2
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 BS 5728-2:Supplement 1:1984

National foreword

This Supplement to British Standard 5728-2 has been prepared under the
direction of the Industrial-process Measurement and Control Standards
Committee and is identical with ISO 4064-2:1978:Addendum 1 — “Measurement
of water flow in closed conduits — Meters for cold potable water —
Part 2: Installation requirements — Addendum 1: Parallel and multiple meter
operation”, published in 1983 by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO).
Terminology and conventions. The text of the international standard has
been approved as suitable for publication as a British Standard without
deviation. Some terminology and certain conventions are not identical with those
used in British Standards; attention is drawn especially to the following.
Where the word “addendum” appears, referring to this standard, it should be read
as “supplement”.
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Cross-reference
International standard Corresponding British Standard

ISO 7858-1:1985 BS 5728 Measurement of flow of cold potable water in

closed conduits
Part 4:1986 Specification for combination meters
(Identical)

ISO 7858-1, referred to in the text as being at the stage of draft, has been
published under the title “Measurement of water flow in closed conduits — Meters
for cold potable water — Combination meters — Part 1: Specification”. The term
“combined meters” has not been used.
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
pages 1 and 2, an inside back cover and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the
inside front cover.

ii © BSI 07-1999

1 Scope and field of application
This addendum to ISO 4064-2 specifies criteria
additional to those given for single meter
installations in ISO 4064-2 and applicable to single
water meters operating either in parallel or grouped
together in one location.
It is not applicable to “combined” meters for which
specifications are given in ISO 7858-1.1)
2 Definitions
For the purpose of this addendum, the following
definitions apply.
2.1
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parallel operation
operation of two or more meters grouped together
and connected to a common source and a common
delivery
2.2
multiple meter operation
operation of several meters grouped together where
their inlets are connected to a common source, or
their outlets to a common delivery, but not both
3 Examples of use of meters operating
in parallel and multiple meter
operation
3.1 Water meters may be operated in parallel where
the installation of one large meter to meet the
maximum water demand or to cover the required
flowrate range is impractical.
3.2 Water meters may be installed in parallel where
“stand by” meters are necessary to ensure
continuity of delivery and flow measurement in the
case of filter blockage or water meter breakdown.
3.3 Meters are grouped together for ease of access,
service and reading, where it is necessary to split a
water supply into a number of branches, as for
instance in a block of flats, or where it is necessary
to unite a number of metered tributary flows into a
common main, as in a water treatment plant.
4 Criteria for the selection of water
meters
The following, together with the criteria given in
ISO 4064-2, clause 2, shall be taken into account.
4.1 For meters operating in parallel, the
unserviceability of one or more meters of a group
shall not cause the remaining meters to operate at a
flowrate in excess of their individual limit of
operation.
1)
ISO 7858-1, Measurement of water flow in closed conduits — Meters for cold potable water — Combined meters —
Part 1: Specification. (At present at the stage of draft.)
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4.2 In order to ensure that water meters of different
types will operate satisfactorily in parallel, the
individual characteristics of meters operating in
parallel shall be compatible, for example by
grouping them according to pressure loss, flowrate
range and maximum working pressure. However,
the installation conditions (see 4.3) for each type
shall be respected.
4.3 For meters operating in parallel and multiple
meter operation, the possibilities of interaction of
one meter or meter type upon another to the
detriment of their life and accuracy, for example
pressure surges and vibration, shall be considered.
5 Associated fittings
The installation of water meters operating in
parallel or in a group shall include the accessories
required by ISO 4064-2 together with the following.
5.1 A means of isolating the flow through each
individual water meter shall be provided. In this
respect, the provisions of ISO 4064-2 concerning the
requirements for isolation of the water meter
installation shall apply to each individual meter.
5.2 If necessary, a filter with an isolating valve
upstream may be included in the common supply.
During operation of the water meter, the upstream
isolating valve shall be kept fully open.
6 Installation
6.1 Sufficient space shall be provided between and
around individual water meters to permit
installation, reading, servicing, in situ dismantling
and removal of any meter, without interference
from, or interfering with, the operation of any other
meter in the group.
6.2 For multiple meter operation, meters shall be
protected from sub-atmospheric pressure. When
check valves are installed, these shall be situated
downstream of the water meter.
6.3 For muliple meter operation, means shall be
provided, affixed on, or immediatly adjacent to each
water meter to identify the source or delivery each
water meter is registering.
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7 First operation of water meters

The following conditions are additional to those
listed in ISO 4064-2.
7.1 When one or more water meters of a group are
commencing operation, the possibility of reverse
flow through other meters in the group exists.
Means to avoid this happening shall be taken, for
example by using pressure gauges, control valves,
check valves, etc. (See clause 5 and 6.3.)
7.2 If it is necessary, in order to achieve a particular
flow through an individual water meter or a
particular distribution of flow through a group of
water meters, to regulate the flowrate through any
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of the meters, this shall be achieved by means

situated downstream of the water meter.

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Publication referred to
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ISO 4064-2:
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