AS4747-2025: What the New Water Metering Standard Means for You

The updated Australian Standard for non-urban water meters (AS4747-2025) came into force in June 2025. If you’re extracting water under licence, whether for irrigation, stock, or other purposes, here’s what you need to know.

What’s Changed?

The new standard doesn’t introduce new technology. It tightens the rules around proving that metering systems work as intended.

In practical terms: regulators are looking more closely at whether your meter data can be trusted, and whether you can document it. There’s greater emphasis on proper installation, validation records, and increasingly, telemetry.

Who’s Affected?

The standard’s requirements vary by state and entitlement size. The key thresholds it sets are:

• Over 100ML entitlement: the standard specifies a pattern-approved AS4747 meter, installation by a DQP, and telemetry
• Bores 200mm+ with 100ML+ entitlement: telemetry now falls within scope

The federal Telemetry Uplift Program is funding device installations across the Murray-Darling Basin. If you’re eligible, you may get telemetry installed at no cost.

If you’re working out what this means for your site, get in touch and we’ll talk it through with you.