ZLINK is a division of
Hexing Electrical SA (Pty) Ltd
Smart Water
Metering Solutions
High-precision ultrasonic water meters with prepaid and post-paid capabilities. Trusted by residential and commercial users across South Africa.
Why Choose ZLINK?
Advanced ultrasonic technology delivering unmatched accuracy and reliability
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Our most popular smart water metering solutions

The ZLINK HXW210-B residential ultrasonic water meter with valve is a static water meter designed for residential post-payment and prepayment applications, delivering highly accurate consumption measurement with long-term stability. Using ultrasonic measurement technology, the HXW210-B eliminates mechanical wear, ensuring consistent accuracy over the meter’s operational life. This makes it well suited for housing developments, estates, apartment blocks, and municipal residential supply networks. The meter integrates a wide range of IoT communication options, enabling seamless deployment across different residential and smart utility scenarios. With built-in remote valve control, utilities and service providers can manage water connection and disconnection remotely, supporting revenue protection, customer management, and operational efficiency. Designed to support the transition toward intelligent water utilities and smart cities, the HXW210-B combines high measurement performance, low maintenance, and secure remote functionality, making it a future-ready solution for South African and African residential water networks.
- ✓Wide measurement range (R500) - Ensures accurate billing across both low and high residential consumption levels.
- ✓Flexible post-payment and prepayment operation - Supports easy switching between billing modes to meet changing utility or estate requirements.

The ZLINK HXW210-B STS ultrasonic water meter with CIU is a static residential water metering solution designed for secure prepaid and post-payment applications in residential and municipal supply networks. Operating on ultrasonic measurement technology, the HXW210-B ensures high-accuracy consumption measurement with long-term stability and no mechanical wear. This makes it particularly suitable for residential estates, apartment developments, and municipal prepaid water schemes. The meter is STS 2.0 certified, providing a secure and compliant top-up environment for prepaid water management. When paired with the Customer Interface Unit (CIU), users can perform local or remote top-ups, improving customer convenience while maintaining utility control. Integrated IoT communication capabilities allow the system to support remote monitoring, billing flexibility, and smart utility integration. Designed to support the development of intelligent water utilities and smart city infrastructure, the HXW210-B & CIU combination delivers reliable metering, revenue protection, and operational efficiency across South African and African residential water networks.
- ✓STS 2.0 certified prepaid water meter - Ensures a secure, compliant, and tamper-resistant top-up environment.
- ✓Remote and local top-up capability

The ZLINK HXW310-E bulk ultrasonic water meter is a high-accuracy, large-diameter metering solution designed for bulk flow measurement across municipal main networks, district metered areas (DMAs), industrial parks, and agricultural irrigation systems. Built using ultrasonic measurement technology, the HXW310-E delivers stable, long-term accuracy without mechanical wear, making it suitable for critical metering points where reliability and precision are essential. Its wide size range allows deployment across multiple network levels, from distribution mains to large-scale industrial and agricultural applications. Manufactured using durable, hygienic materials, the HXW310-E is designed to perform reliably in harsh environmental and operating conditions, ensuring dependable measurement in both industrial and agricultural processes. When integrated with NB-IoT, GPRS, or other IoT communication technologies, the HXW310-E enables operators to expand network visibility, communication coverage, and data collection across large water supply systems. This supports effective leakage monitoring, DMA management, and network optimisation, paving the way toward intelligent water utility infrastructure and smart city development across South Africa and the broader African region.
- ✓Wide measurement range (R500) - Maintains high accuracy across varying flow conditions, including low-flow scenarios.
- ✓Low pressure loss (≤10 kPa) - Minimises energy loss and reduces pumping costs for utilities.
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Across South Africa’s economic heartland of Gauteng, water supply has become a recurring public concern. From unplanned outages to pressure fluctuations and repair-induced disruptions, metropolitan water networks face growing operational challenges. Recent reporting suggests these issues are not isolated incidents, but signs of wider strain on urban water infrastructure.
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Understanding how to read your water meter is important for managing water usage, verifying bills, and identifying potential leaks early. As more utilities and estates transition to ultrasonic water meters, the way readings are displayed and interpreted may differ from older mechanical meters. This guide explains how to read a ZLINK ultrasonic water meter, what the numbers mean, and how to use the information to better manage your water consumption.
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