AMI, AMR, and Metering Features

  1. 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.

  2. Achieving Level Pressure At Challenging Points In Distribution Systems 5/31/2019

    When drinking water leaves a treatment plant through giant pipes, with the help of huge pumps, the pressure can exceed 200 psi. The high pressure is a necessity because water must travel a long distance in some cases. Water towers scattered throughout the distribution system aid in the process so it can reach all utility customers. The problem is that not all distribution points in a water system are created equal.

  3. The 4 Biggest Myths About Smart Meters 3/18/2014

    Smart meters are no doubt the way of the future. The efficiencies they bring to water distribution make widespread implementation all but inevitable. However, as with any advanced technology (especially in the water industry), there are bound to be starts and stops along the way.

  4. 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.

  5. Meeting The Challenge For Remote Leak Pinpointing 9/30/2021

    Ranhill SAJ Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Ranhill Holdings Berhad, is an integrated water supply company in Malaysia, involved in the process of water treatment and distribution of treated water to consumers right up to billing and collection. It serves around 3.1 million population and manages 22,175 km of pipes over an area of approximately 19,000k m².

  6. Ultrasonic Level System Helps Protect The Environment And Reduce Expenses 4/27/2023

    With millions of liters of water treated, accuracy and reliability are a necessity for a municipal water system. Learn about the instruments that they use to meet their needs. 

  7. Shedding Light On Buried Infrastructure Management 7/22/2020

    A longstanding U.S. EPA document on management challenges and strategies relating to the deterioration of buried drinking water infrastructure raises issues that are still very relevant today. Here are multiple thought-provoking perspectives on how to address those issues today, in order to protect both the investment in existing infrastructure and the health of the populations they serve.

  8. Why You Need More Than Meters In Your Advanced Metering Infrastructure 4/18/2024

    By connecting sensors and instruments to AMI networks, water utilities can glean a level of visibility into and control over distribution systems that isn’t possible with flow data alone.

  9. AMR System Delivers Outstanding Efficiency While Improving Water Conservation In Pacific Northwest 2/12/2014

    Public Utility District No. 1 of Skagit County (Skagit PUD) in Washington state was at a crossroads, facing a number of challenges related to its meter reading system. Because the utility was using a touch-read/visual-read system, it was highly dependent on its water meter readers’ acquired route knowledge. Two of the PUD’s three meter readers were planning to retire soon, and it would take at least a year to hire and train new employees to fill their experienced shoes. At the same time, the community was growing at a steady pace, and a significant number of its existing meters were reaching the end of their useful lifecycle.

  10. SWAN Corner: Unlock Data To Improve Water Distribution System Operations 7/14/2021

    Water distribution system infrastructures are designed to deliver drinking water to end users, but utilities are continually faced with distinct challenges to fulfill this fundamental objective. For example, these utilities improve customer service by delivering water with high pressure, but on the other hand, water conservation policies push them to minimize water distribution leaks. For this reason, water utilities invest heavily in SCADA and telemetry technologies to support operational decisions. However, unlocking historical operational data and fusing it with other data (such as billing information from AMR/AMI networks) to generate actionable insights has proven difficult.