Hexagram To Modernize Streamwood, Illinois Water Meter Reading System

Beachwood, OH — Hexagram, Inc., a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies Inc., will provide an automatic meter reading (AMR) system to replace obsolete meter-reading equipment in the Village of Streamwood, IL., located approximately 33 miles northwest of Chicago in Cook County.

The village, with a population of 36,500, wanted state-of-the-art technology and noted Hexagram as the preferred vendor for its patented STAR® Wide Area Fixed Network. The three-part network starts with a reading taken directly at the water meter by an attached transmitter. Readings are then forwarded via an FCC-licensed radio frequency to a data collector that in turn forwards the information to the water utility, which provides information and billing to its customers.

Hexagram's partner, Neptune Technologies Group, will supply new water meters through local Chicago distributor Water Resources, Inc. The Village of Streamwood Department of Public Works expects the project will be completed by September, 2008.

SOURCE: Hexagram, Inc.