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Taking Measure of Advanced Water Meter Technologies
Author(s) -
Berardinelli Bridget
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2012.38.0024
Subject(s) - automatic meter reading , metre , metering mode , measure (data warehouse) , electrical engineering , revenue , computer science , telecommunications , engineering , environmental science , business , mechanical engineering , database , finance , physics , astronomy , wireless
Recent advancements in water meter technology are providing solutions that will help utilities capture more revenue, provide unprecedented business intelligence, reduce meter maintenance costs, and protect natural water resources. The article discusses a wave of new automatic meter reading/advanced metering infrastructure (AMR/AMI) technology, products, and systems that use radio frequency (RF) technology to transmit data among today's high‐tech meters and data collection computers. They include ultrasonic meters, fluidic oscillator meters, magnetic flowmeters, floating ball technology, and remanent field technology.