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Metering Method Changes But Memories Remain
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1997.tb02034.x
Subject(s) - phone , metering mode , perspective (graphical) , metropolitan area , automatic meter reading , reading (process) , point (geometry) , metre , computer science , telecommunications , data science , geography , engineering , wireless , political science , artificial intelligence , linguistics , archaeology , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , law , mechanical engineering , physics , astronomy
This article describes the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's change from a manual meter reading system to a computerized system, which has the ability to read all of the meters by cellular phone within a matter of minutes. The article is written from the point of view of a former meter reader for the utility, and gives a human perspective to the effects of emerging technology trends.