Systems and methods for optimization of connected water devices

A system comprising:

• a water system comprising:
• a water softener system that receives unsoftened water from a water source and that converts the unsoftened water into softened water;
• a flow meter in fluid communication with an output of the water softener system, the flow meter generating flow rate data;
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• a communication system comprising:
• a gateway device that is coupled to and in electronic communication with the water softener system and the flow meter;
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• a controller coupled to the gateway device, the controller including a processor and a memory device comprising computer-readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to:
• periodically retrieve the flow rate data from the flow meter;
• generate a first water usage profile corresponding to a first time period based on the flow rate data, the first water usage profile comprising metadata and first water usage statistics derived from a first portion of the flow rate data that is generated during the first time period;
• send the first water usage profile to a user device via the gateway device;
• compare the first water usage profile to other water usage profiles in a local profile database;
• identify the other water usage profiles that are similar to the first water usage profile based on a set of system characteristics;
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• determine whether a water usage statistic of the first water usage profile is normal or abnormal based on a water usage statistic of the other water usage profiles identified as similar to the first water usage profile;
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• organize and filter the first water usage profile according to the metadata.