The installation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) hardware, software, and meters throughout the entire District was completed in April 2021. Since that time, District staff has been troubleshooting and monitoring performance of the AMI system, and in doing so has determined that data capture and communication could be enhanced by the installation of an additional tower and data collector in the central west area of the District at Plant 132.
The installation of an additional collector should reduce the amount of staff time required to collect manual reads of meters that cannot be picked up by the automated metering infrastructure-estimated at 30 hours per month. The addition of automated meters on hydrants will help to explain water losses, whether use of water through the hydrants, intentional misuse, or use for fire suppression.