Advanced water meter technology helps smooth reading collection
by Darlene Street and Edward Bertolo
Neptune’s Project Manager, David Oner, installs a T-10
meter with R900 module in Brandon.
Water utilities across North America are facing
the challenges of how to use technology to
increase customer service and operational efficiency,
and of how to increase revenue without
increasing rates or taxes. The City of Brandon in Manitoba,
is playing a leading role in the water utility industry by confronting
these challenges through the use of advanced water
meter technology.
The City selected Canadian-based Neptune Technology
Group to upgrade its current water meter system from the
old style direct read meters that are manually read to new
encoder meters with radio frequency (RF) technology that
are read with a mobile automatic meter reading (AMR) system.
The project involved replacement of old meters and
upgrade of newer meters to absolute encoder technology,
while equipping 100% of water services with an R900 radio
frequency meter interface unit (MIU).
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