AMI, AMR, and Metering Features

  1. How Attacking Non-Revenue Water Boosts Revenue While Reinforcing Sustainability 9/7/2020

    A growing water scarcity problem and increasing water loss regulations are putting more pressure than ever on municipal water utilities to be good stewards of water resources. The problem is that the main factor impeding sustainability — non-revenue water, or NRW — is often approached haphazardly at best. For utilities lacking a comprehensive NRW strategy, it is not too late to get on the right track.

  2. Depths Of Druck's Experience Prevents Leaks For Water Authorities 6/4/2025

    Druck’s Customer is a manufacturer of data logging equipment, used in the monitoring of water distribution systems. As with many of Druck’s Customers, they install sensors into the component or assembly that they in turn supply to their customer.

  3. What Is Noninvasive Leak Detection? 3/19/2025

    By utilizing advanced technologies to monitor water lines, utilities can detect leaks in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

  4. Challenges In Repairing Leaking Pipes In Aging Urban Water Systems 3/14/2025

    Worldwide, nations are tackling critical infrastructure. Many of these systems are reaching the end of their lifecycles, leading to pollution, water waste, and inefficiencies. Water and wastewater employees carry a monumental burden in retrofitting and upgrading these mechanisms at such immense scales. Fortunately, solutions are available to expedite the work and better citizens' lives.

  5. 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.

  6. To AMI Or Not To AMI: Lessons Learned From Global Omnium's Deployment, And Steps To Success 11/29/2020

    Is AMI worth the investment? Where will the ROI come from? How long will it take the water utility to be fully operational after AMI implementation? How can risks be minimized?

  7. Advanced Metering Analytics: The Logical Evolution Of AMI 5/30/2018

    Just as different water utilities use different processes for turning raw source water into potable drinking water, so too do they take different routes to account for, and bill for, their output. Here is an overview of a cellular-based approach to collecting and leveraging data from water distribution operations that can achieve the greatest business advantage.

  8. A 14-Point Checklist For Choosing The Right Water Utility Network 1/26/2019

    Mass market access to the internet through a combination of hardwired, Wi-Fi, or cellular communications channels has conditioned many people to think that “a network is a network is a network.” When it comes to water utilities, however, the nature of the application environments and requirements dictate a closer look at how to satisfy the specific requirements most efficiently. Here are 14 checkpoints to consider before selecting a new network option or revamping an old one.

  9. Droughts, Pandemics, Recessions, And More: How Machine Learning Can Help Water Utilities Prepare 6/13/2022

    Learn about some of the situations that can cause extreme changes in water usage patterns and how machine learning can help water utilities adapt.

  10. Water Meter Upgrade Delivers More Than Accurate Readings 9/12/2017

    Municipality benefits from guaranteed savings, reduced costs, and customer service accolades