AMR, AMI and Metering CASE STUDIES
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Shifting To Cellular Solutions Underpins Long-Term Resiliency And Stability
9/22/2021
System longevity is a growing concern for water utilities of all sizes and locations. One of the biggest obstacles in achieving this goal is the use of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) that leverages fixed network communications. Not only do fixed networks require significant expertise to build and manage, but a shrinking workforce is also making it difficult to replace institutional knowledge when those experts retire. Additionally, emerging cybersecurity threats are making fixed networks a heavy load for utilities to bear.
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Achieving Better Visibility With Less Work Through Software As A Service
9/21/2021
Operating a water treatment and distribution system is difficult enough on its own, but the job gets even more complex for utility managers struggling to harness their metering data.
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How To Get Acoustic Leak Detection For The Price Of An AMI Meter
9/13/2021
Whatever number a utility estimates as its non-revenue-water (NRW) loss rate — 20 percent, 30 percent, or more — the willingness to address it is often inversely proportional to the cost of doing so. Now, leak detection options that include acoustic monitoring as a built-in feature of residential water meter replacement are cutting the costs and complexity of identifying NRW losses and recapturing lost revenues.
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Harnessing Digital Twin Technology’s Benefits For New Water Plant Designs
9/2/2021
While the ‘digital twin’ concept has been around for decades, most of the talk about it in water and wastewater treatment has focused on using it to monitor and manage active operations. Here is an advance look at the value they offer.
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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.
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Driving Smarter Decisions With Your Water Data
8/6/2021
OSIsoft brings you some perspective on how the U.S. water utility sector has evolved – and continues to evolve – in its use and management of data.
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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.
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Got Water? Regional Water Supply & The Economy
6/25/2021
Got water? Sure, most of us in the United States do. But do we ever stop to smell the roses of odorless fresh potable water? Do we reflect on what reliable water means for the economic life of our community? Texas’s harsh deep freeze earlier this year reminded us Texans of our vulnerability, and after $200B in damages, it gave us a glimpse of how life looks without the core services that we take for granted daily.
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Listening For — And Finding — The Leaks That Can’t Be Seen
6/23/2021
Decades ago, farmers and ranchers around San Marcos, Texas, formed a utility to get water to cattle. Today, Crystal Clear Special Utility District (CCSUD) serves not only rural operations but swaths of a growing metropolis stretching from San Antonio to Austin, providing water to nearly 6,000 connections.
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Making Every Drop Count During Drought And Fire Season
6/17/2021
In 2020, the world got a firsthand glimpse into how warmer, drier conditions are enabling harsher periods of drought--resulting in longer fire seasons and greater water scarcity.