AMI, AMR, and Metering Features

71. Hydra-Stop's Insta-Valve 20-24 Delivers Performance Under Pressure 1/30/2020

    Hydra-Stop’s solution kept the water running in a highly active and populated area while repairs were made.

72. The Importance Of Control Valve Training 12/28/2023

    By understanding how to implement a pressure management program, the amount of recoverable water losses can be staggering, as well as have a significant reduction in pipe breakages.

73. Battery Operated Magmeter Provides Reliable Flow Rate Measurements In Remote Areas 4/27/2023

    A municipal water district had questioned the accuracy of their water meter readings and, after testing, they found that the billing amounts were too low. Discover the solution that they chose to provide reliable flow rate measurement. 

74. BEACON® Software as a Service (SaaS) With ORION® Cellular Endpoints Increases Revenue And Improves Customer Service 2/22/2017

    Salisbury-Rowan Utilities in Salisbury, N.C. prides itself on providing excellent customer service. While its commercial and industrial customers comprise just 15 percent of total customer accounts, they generate 65 percent of the utility’s monthly billed volume. That’s why, when it came time to select a new meter reading solution, the ability to receive data-driven analytics to better understand, monitor and manage its operations was a top priority for the utility’s leadership team.

75. An Example Set: WHUD 3/30/2018

    In 2007, White House Utility District (WHUD), a water utility serving approximately 90,000 consumers and businesses in Tennessee, faced a dilemma: how to meet a projected growing demand for water within the budget and capital constraints faced by municipal and mid-sized utilities everywhere.

76. Pitot Testing: The Gold Standard For Wholesale And Production Meter Accuracy Evaluation 2/24/2026

    For most water utilities, master and production meters represent the system's financial and operational truth. These meters quantify the volume of water entering the distribution network, support water accountability programs, validate NRW calculations, and influence everything from treatment costs to rate structures.

77. What's The Value Of Non-Revenue Water? 2/17/2023

    Not all water loss, more correctly nonrevenue water, has the same cost to the water utility, and not all reduction is worth the same. First, it’s important to distinguish between the two main categories of water loss, apparent loss and real loss.

78. Analytics For Water Utilities: The Key To Maximizing AMI Value 9/19/2023

    Among the many challenges water utilities face are aging infrastructure, an aging workforce, water loss control, asset management, and paying for necessary infrastructure investments. Improving relationships with customers is also a challenge for one in five respondents to a 2019 American Water Works Association (AWWA) survey.

79. Boston Water's Revenue Protection Division: To Protect And Serve 9/14/2015

    Non-revenue drinking water is usually the result of leakage and spills caused by worn or neglected infrastructure. On the mean streets of Boston, a revenue loss task force grapples with these challenges, plus the threat posed by enterprising criminals.

80. Forecasting The Top 5 Water Trends In 2016 1/15/2016

    As the dawn of 2016 emerges and we look forward to the year ahead, it’s instructive to engage in a little prognostication.