AMI, AMR, and Metering Features
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The Key To Restoring Customer Trust After A Data Breach
1/10/2024
Public confidence can be hard to win back, emphasizing the need for secure systems as utilities grow more reliant on digital technologies.
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City of San Juan Bautista
11/29/2020
The City of San Juan Bautista, California, also known as the City of History, is a mission town nestled in the San Juan Valley. Some of the city’s infrastructure is over 100 years old. The city’s water meters were an aging mix of units from various manufacturers. The meters were losing accuracy and becoming unreliable, leading to a loss of billing revenue. In addition, manually reading the meters was a very inefficient way for the city’s small staff to spend their time. Also, like most California cities, water conservation in San Juan Bautista is a top priority. Helping customers find leaks and understand how much water they really use is an important step towards conservation.
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LTE-M Standard Redefines Cellular Efficiency For Water Meter Readings
9/9/2019
The term “cellular” often calls to mind certain assumptions and limitations based on prior experience with consumer cellphone networks. Don’t confuse cellular-based Internet of Things (IoT) applications with past cellular experiences, though. The relatively new Long Term Evolution for Machines (LTE-M) standard represents a whole new ballgame. In short, “This is not your father’s cellular network.”
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NRW Change Management Index: An Innovative Approach For Non-Revenue Water Management
3/19/2014
In recent years, the reduction of water losses has become a burning issue within the water industry and utilities, either for financial or ecological reasons, are under increasing pressure to enhance resource efficiency. However, practitioners know that assessing and monitoring the performance of water loss reduction programs is a real challenge, and what at first may sound like a simple task, in practice turns out to be a rather complex undertaking. By Monika Konatar and Dr. Thomas Schiller
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7 Things To Consider Before A Smart Meter Rollout
2/19/2015
More than 45% of installed water meters in North America are equipped with automated meter reading technology, according to a recent IHS Technology 2014 report (“Water Meters Report – 2014”).
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How Can You Utilize Process Instrumentation To Save Money In The Treatment And Distribution Of Clean Water?
2/28/2023
In municipalities, approximately 6 billion gallons of water are lost to leaks every day. In this article, discover a solution to water loss and excess energy costs.
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Control Loop Performance Monitoring
5/26/2021
Manufacturing sites can have hundreds, or even thousands, of automatic controllers, but most sites don’t have insight into how these controllers are actually performing.
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Global Omnium: Transforming From Conventional To Smart Water
3/5/2024
Lessons learned from building one of the largest smart meter networks in Europe.
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Abilene “Phocus” On Their Non-Revenue Water Program
10/15/2021
The State of Texas and the region around Abilene in particular has been experiencing an ongoing drought. Abilene takes the region’s need for adequate water supplies seriously and has been analyzing the short-term water needs (5-10years) as well as the long-term water needs (+50years) for its service area. The ongoing drought had pulled the three primary water supply reservoirs for the region down to extremely low levels. In the autumn of 2014: Lake OH Ivie was at 15% capacity; Hubbard Creek Reservoir was at 16% capacity; Lake Fort Phantom Hill was at 32% capacity.
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Las Vegas Valley Water District Utilizes Field Tools App And iPhones To Expand Functionality
8/26/2021
The Itron Field Tools mobile app has allowed for our Field Technicians to use their iPhones as a multifunctional device. The Field Tools App also allows us to upgrade with minimal involvement from our IT teams.