AMI, AMR, and Metering Features
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Putting The Deep Freeze On Faulty Meter Box Valves
11/8/2016
This fall, the Prince William County Service Authority began using a device called a freeze kit, which temporarily freezes water service lines in order to replace angle valves in meter boxes.
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Key Insights From The Leading Global Smart Water Event
9/9/2020
The SWAN 10th Annual Conference welcomed 400+ attendees from 32 countries, including a record 64 unique utilities. Hosted virtually by SWAN, the Smart Water Networks Forum, this was the largest global smart water and wastewater event. On the 22nd and 23rd of July 2020, SWAN member Ovarro led two expert interactive roundtable sessions on “Leak detection at your desktop” and “How will you keep the water flowing in challenging times?” Below, we interviewed Ovarro about key takeaways from their discussions and how these insights can benefit the water sector.
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Can The Internet Of Things Lower AMI Solution Cost?
4/11/2016
Low-power wide-area networks are critical to the Internet of Things but may also work to bring advanced metering infrastructure to the masses.
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Combating Cyber Threats: How To Secure Water Utility Systems
4/17/2024
As technology gets more sophisticated, so have hackers and cyberattacks. How can utilities protect themselves and their customers?
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Water Utility OT vs. IT — It’s Not A Battle, It’s A Balance
1/14/2020
The chemistry of optimizing water/wastewater treatment extends far beyond chlorine and oxygen. It also involves synthesizing productive insights from the flood of IT data generated by operational technology (OT) sensors, instruments, and control systems. Here’s how better operational intelligence strategies are helping IT and OT personnel collaborate to make processes more cost-efficient.
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Digital Transformation In Water: The 9 Key Success Factors
11/30/2020
Climate change, urban population growth, aging infrastructure, budgetary constraints and increasing regulatory pressure are some of the many challenges facing US water utilities.
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Micrometers: A Simple Solution To Water Scarcity
3/5/2018
In the small community of Llimbe in Peru, water sources were running dry. The population had grown from 35 to 50 families, and some of the families were using more water than they actually needed. Because of this, if you lived higher on the hillside, you may only have water for an hour a day.
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5 Tips For Efficient Plant Operations
9/5/2014
These days, efficiency is everything. So why not learn from a company that has been around for over a century and has continually fine-tuned its operations to cut waste and add value?
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A New Standard For Measuring Pipe Wall Thickness Of Asbestos Cement Pipe
11/10/2021
Internal pipe Low Voltage Alternating Current Gradient (LVACG) machine-intelligent technology can be used for assessing pressurized water mains for leaks and measuring pipe wall thickness.
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How To Utilize Limited Resources To Address Water Loss During A Drought
1/17/2023
Discover how to track water loss, analyze results, and standardize operating practices for your team with more efficiency.