Water metering system

A device for detecting movement of fluid through a restricted area, the device comprising:

• a flexible substrate having a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side;
• a printed circuit board disposed on the first side of the flexible substrate;
• a power source electronically coupled to the printed circuit board and disposed on the first side of the flexible substrate;
• and
• one or more sensors electronically coupled to the circuit board and configured to collect sensor data from a medium that includes a restricted area through which fluid can move,
• wherein the printed circuit board includes:
• a microprocessor configured to obtain the sensor data from the one or more sensors and provide instructions to a transmitter to transmit the sensor data;
• and
• the transmitter configured to transmit sensor data obtained from the one or more sensors,
• wherein the flexible substrate is configured to be wrapped around the medium,
• wherein a length of the flexible substrate from the first end to the second end is greater than a width of the substrate at the first end, and
• wherein a length of the flexible substrate from the first end to the second end is greater than a width of the substrate at the second end.

A method for detecting movement of fluid through a restricted area using a flexible sensing device fitted to a medium that includes the restricted area, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by one or more sensors of the flexible sensing device, sensor data over a period of time;
• identifying, by the flexible sensing device, at least one of a level of vibration of the medium or a level of audio energy from the medium in the period of time;
• and
• based on the level of vibration of the medium or the level of audio energy of the medium, transmitting, to one or more computing devices, a metric for fluid moving through the restricted area of the medium.