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Imagine living in a small rural community with no water metering system in place. Roughly 60 miles South of Chicago, Illinois lies the Village of Chebanse, which up until now had no type of centralized sanitation system within their Village. After several years of environmental compliance issues and potential litigation to correct the problems that had reasons beyond their control, the Village was faced with the decision of implementing a new sanitary sewer system of their own.

Foth Infrastructure & Environment LLC, a civil engineering company, was selected to guide the Village in choosing the most suitable systems for this community of approximately 1,148 residents. Foth engineers helped Chebanse understand that regardless of the number of occupants within a household, every resident was currently paying the same flat rate on their monthly water bill. No residents were being billed for their own actual water usage under this method of billing. By reviewing current operations, a comparative study was conducted that analyzed an array of manufacturers with various metering technologies. Prior to making a decision, various factors were taken into account, such as meter types, drive-by technology and a variety of fixed network schemes. After careful consideration, the most logical solution for Chebanse was to select Master Meter, Inc.