Utilities devote about 60 percent of their budgets to wastewater on average, versus 40 percent for drinking water. The EPA reports that the United States is experiencing 23,000 to more than 70,000 sewage overflow events a year across its 700,000+ miles of public sewer lines and 500,000 miles of private lateral lines, despite budgetary emphasis. … Continued
Over the past few decades, the smart electric meter market share has seen astounding growth due to the ongoing digitalization of grid networks coupled with the growing deployment of distributed generation systems. Smart meter technology has surfaced as a workable choice for traditional meters, equipped with improved communication and modern features. The smart electric meter … Continued
Populations in urban communities continue to ramp up, and cities continue to face challenges in meeting the ever-increasing demands. Modern technology plays a pivotal role in managing the swift rise in urbanization and the creation of smart cities. According to a Visual Capitalist article, populations have risen from over 750 million during the 1950s to … Continued
As the inventors of the propeller flow meter, McCrometer continues to innovate its flow technology while keeping costs low. Its latest innovation is the recently announced McMag2000™ flow meter, aimed at the ever-growing ag-tech industry. The McMag2000 is an electromagnetic flow meter designed in an insertion style and developed for use in the irrigation and … Continued
Last year, McCrometer launched one of its latest innovations in electromagnetic flow meters. The ProComm is a mag meter converter designed using extensive customer feedback and information gathered from real-world applications. It features a dramatically overhauled interface aimed at improving the user experience. ProComm is the latest converter for the McCrometer software series, joining its … Continued
McCrometer’s McPropeller is one of its most popular products and it continues to provide an affordable and reliable approach for calculating water flows. It is especially helpful in scenarios involving applications of industrial or high volume water as well as flows of dirty water. It uses a flexible, completely sealed drive-train and ball bearings. The … Continued
It is time to take advantage of Itron’s reading system upgrade from MVRS to FCS software for qualified users. Free FCS software upgrades are being offered from Itron through the end of 2020 and MVRS support will officially end on December 31, 2021. The Avanti Company has three certified FCS installers that have performed hundreds … Continued
Kentucky’s Louisville Water Company is the latest utility setting its sights on the future by improving its extensive fleet of water meters using Itron’s OpenWay Riva IoT solution. More than 250,000 smart water meters equipped with cutting-edge communication technology will dramatically improve and modernize Louisville’s management and water distribution processes. Itron’s OpenWay Riva is an … Continued
The M-Series® M5000 electromagnetic meter has been planned, produced and manufactured in compliance with strict quality standards and features advanced, processor-based signal conversion with an accuracy of ± 0.5%. Designed for applications where power line access is not an option, where there is a constant flow, or when totalization and rate are necessary. The flow … Continued
Each flow meter approach has its design limitations due to the complexities of liquids and gases flowing through elbows, pipes, pumps and other pipeline structures. Unlike orifice plates and other instruments, V-Cone meters provide extremely accurate and reliable measurements in pipe sizes up to 120 “with limited straight pipe length constraints and virtually no maintenance. … Continued
Ultrasonic flowmeters utilize sound waves to calculate fluid flow velocity in a pipe. The frequencies of an ultrasonic wave transmitted into a pipe and its fluid reflections remain the same under no-flow conditions. Thanks to the Doppler effect, the amplitude of the reflected wave differs under flowing conditions. The frequency shift will increase … Continued
MVRS support will be ending on December 31, 2021. The Avanti Company and its three certified FCS installers have more than 800 Itron Reading System installations and will take care of installing and training Utility users to improve the performance of this enhanced reading system software for existing and future meter reading needs. FCS is … Continued
