Water Meter Replacement Program

The current meter in your residence is an amr meter.

Water meter replacement program.

Readings generally should occur. A program of fixed interval meter reading is essential to determine the amount of non revenue producing water. Thank you for your help in making this program a success. Water meter exchange and upgrade initiative is a three year program to replace 102 000 aging and potentially defective water meters starting in april 2019.

The ami network will consist of antenna collectors installed at strategic positions around town. New york american water is now transitioning to ami meters to offer our customers the best in advanced metering technology. National metering services inc. Source meters and service connection meters should be read at the same relative time in order to facilitate accurate comparisons and analysis.

An estimated 54 500 meters are out of lifecycle and 47 500 meters have potential defects. Meter replacement program the new day. As the project moves from one area of the county to another you ll be notified by a letter a few weeks prior to it coming to your area. Meters that comply but are not ami will be replaced and upgraded to the ami platform during the replacement program.

Water meter replacement is provided at no cost and access to water meters is authorized by sections 8 2a 1 and 8 2a 1 5 5 32 of the city of naperville municipal code. Over the course of the year replacement meters will be installed throughout about half of western s riverside service area in order to ensure the meter is registering water use. Over time water meters and transmitting units wear out and are no longer able to transmit readings automatically when this occurs dc water needs to mobilize resources to read the meter in the. Nms has been contracted to to replace water meters throughout the county.

With 42 000 meters to replace it is estimated it could take approximately six years to complete this water meter replacement program. The result is that they begin to under register water usage. The new meters being installed are read automatically using radio transmitters attached to the meter. Access to your home or business is not required.

Meter replacement program as with many things in this world water meters can slow down over time. Ami is advanced metering infrastructure. The new meters and their associated transmitting units are necessary because it has been more than a decade since the last replacement program.