Nkigikoresho cyibanze cyo gupima ikoreshwa ryamazi, metero zamazi zigira uruhare runini muri societe igezweho. Kuva mu ngo kugeza mu nganda, kuva kuhira imyaka kugeza muri sisitemu yo gutanga amazi mu mijyi, metero y'amazi ntabwo ari ishingiro ryo kwishyuza amazi gusa ahubwo ni igikoresho gikomeye cyo gucunga umutungo no kubungabunga ibidukikije.
Igikorwa cyibanze cya metero yamazi nugupima neza ingano yamazi anyura mumiyoboro, haba mumashini cyangwa kuri elegitoronike, hanyuma akandika amakuru muri metero kibe cyangwa litiro. Imetero y'amazi gakondo ikoresha amazi atwara moteri, ihindurwa muburyo bwa digitale ikoresheje sisitemu y'ibikoresho. Ku rundi ruhande, metero zigezweho zamazi yubwenge, ikoresha amashanyarazi yumuriro, ultrasonic, cyangwa radio yumurongo wa radiyo kugirango ushobore kohereza amakuru kure no kugenzura igihe -. Ihindagurika ryikoranabuhanga ryahinduye metero zamazi ziva mubikoresho byoroshye byo gupima mo igice cyingenzi cya sisitemu yo gucunga neza amazi.
Mubisabwa gutura, metero zamazi zitanga abenegihugu amakuru yimikoreshereze yamazi, abafasha gusobanukirwa ningeso zabo zo gukoresha no guteza imbere imyumvire yo kubungabunga amazi. Gusoma metero isanzwe bifasha ishami rishinzwe gucunga umutungo kubara fagitire y’amazi neza kandi mu buryo bwumvikana, mu gihe kandi ihita imenya imikoreshereze y’amazi adasanzwe no gukumira ibibazo nko gutemba kw'imiyoboro. Ku masosiyete atanga amazi, umuyoboro wa metero y'amazi ukora umusingi wamakuru wa sisitemu yose yo gutanga amazi. Mu gusesengura imikoreshereze y’amazi yo mu karere, barashobora guhindura imiyoboro y'umuyoboro no kugenzura umuvuduko w'amazi, bityo bikazamura amazi meza.
Ikoreshwa ryinshi rya metero zamazi yubwenge ni uguhindura imicungire yamazi gakondo. Ibi bikoresho bihita bikusanya no kohereza amakuru, bigafasha gusoma metero ya kure no kugenzura nyabyo -, bikagabanya cyane amafaranga yumurimo. Sisitemu nyinshi zateye imbere zirashobora kumenya ibimeneka, guhanura amazi akenewe, ndetse bigahuzwa na sisitemu yo gutabara byihutirwa kugirango imenye vuba ibibazo byihutirwa nko guturika imiyoboro. Imetero imwe yubwenge yubwenge nayo igaragaramo kugenzura ubuziranenge bwamazi, ikamenya ibintu bidasanzwe mumazi kugirango umutekano wamazi ubeho.
Hamwe n’umutungo w’amazi ku isi ugenda uba muke, ibikorwa byo gupima no gucunga metero zamazi bizaba ngombwa cyane. Mu bihe biri imbere, tekinoroji ya metero y'amazi izakomeza gutera imbere igana ku busobanuro buhanitse, gukoresha ingufu nke, no gukurikirana ibipimo byinshi -. Kwishyira hamwe kwikoranabuhanga nka interineti yibintu hamwe namakuru makuru bizatanga inkunga ikomeye yo kubaka uburyo burambye bwo gucunga umutungo wamazi. Ibi ntibizafasha gusa kunoza imikoreshereze y’amazi gusa ahubwo bizanagira uruhare runini mugutezimbere imijyi ifite ubwenge.