Happy Labor Day weekend! On this first day of September, we’re continuing our Made in the U.S.A. series with Liquid Controls, a global market leader in precision measuring systems offering unparalleled engineering and products of the highest quality used in custody transfer of valuable refined fuels and liquids, headquartered in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Since its … Continued
Our second Made in the U.S.A. spotlight is on American technology company Itron, headquartered in the city of Liberty Lake, Washington. Itron’s services and products include a multitude of solutions relating to gas and water, including consumption, analyzation, measurement devices, and much more. All of Itron’s meter module technology as well as its water loss … Continued
We’re shifting our attention to some of the products we sell from domestic companies that manufacture their offerings within the United States. We’ll begin our Made in the U.S.A. series with a few of the Flow Meters made by McCrometer, Inc. in their manufacturing facility in Hemet, Ca. McCrometer offers a wide range of large … Continued
We would like to proudly announce that we’ve got another fresh face joining the Avanti Company team! Kevin Lutian will be assuming the role of Avanti’s new Territory Manager for Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama. Kevin comes to Avanti with numerous years of proven professional sales experience and the drive to work with our customers … Continued
The ISO 5167-5 is a relatively new standard aimed at cone meters designed to specify the geometry and how to properly install and operate cone meters when they are implemented in a conduit running full to determine the flow rate of the fluid flowing in the conduit. This standard can also provide useful information for … Continued
Last year, Fort Worth, Texas completed the fourth year of its Fort Worth Interceptor Condition Assessment Program (ICAP), an initiative designed to inspect the entirety of the city’s large-diameter sanitary sewer lines and determine their condition in order to make repairs. By the end of 2014, the city had managed to inspect to about sixty … Continued
Last year, Cranberry Township in Pittsburgh decided to make life easier for itself by using a robot designed by RedZone Robotics to inspect its two mile stretch of main sewer line. Prior to this, the sewer lines hadn’t been checked this effectively. The city used a comparably rudimentary process of tethering a camera to a … Continued
The International Water Management Institute estimates that by the year 2025, just over thirty percent of the world’s population will have to deal with water scarcity, and one of the primary culprits behind it is leaks. It’s estimated that anywhere between twenty to thirty percent of treated water is lost in systems due to this … Continued
The Rancho California Water District (RCWD) based in Southern California serves a varied array of more than 40,000 residential and commercial customers. Last year marked the state’s fourth consecutive year dealing with the ramifications of the drought, forcing the State Water Resources Control Board to devise and implement mandatory measures intended to conserve and reduce … Continued
InfoSense’s SL-RAT Acoustic Pipe Inspection uses sound traveling through the air to mimic water flow through a pipe using an active transmitter. As opposed to existing pipe inspection methods, the acoustic method takes advantage of the simultaneous air and water flow, providing a blockage assessment 10 to 20 times faster than CCTV, without requiring pre-cleaning … Continued
Despite its modern appeal, the City of North Miami Beach was until recently still using traditional manual meter reading and quarterly inspected leak detection service. For two weeks, surveyors were tasked with inspecting all 550 miles of the city’s pipeline system, a necessary but highly laborious and time consuming process despite meeting the necessary system … Continued
Most people recognize Itron as being a well-known metering company for water, gas, and electricity utilities, but the role of its Idea Labs unit as an innovator has turned it into a modern technology and services company processing huge amounts of data into incredibly useful information. Take for example the Itron Riva platform. Utilizing the … Continued
