Once the new meters are installed, customers can expect more-detailed reports of their water usage to be included on their bills as well as access to a web portal to view their personal water usage up to hourly.īenefits of the new system include: elimination of estimated water meter readings, meter accessibility issues and an expected reduction in billing errors. In October, the water billing department switched to a letter-sized water bill as opposed to the old postcard-sized one. Breaks in water service should be minimal as staff said a meter can be removed and replaced with a new one in a matter of minutes. The card will provide information about possible service outage times and contact information to arrange a scheduled appointment if special arrangements are needed for an inaccessible meter. Residents will receive a postcard by mail about a month before their meter installation date. At that time they also approved an agreement with Bank of America to coordinate a financing plan of about $1 million annually for the project. In February the City Council approved a service contract with Ameresco for $15,884,487. ESC concluded the city would indeed benefit from the switch. to see if the city was a good fit for an AMI system. The process began back in February 2015, when the city contracted with consulting group Energy Service Co.
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The new meters, sometimes called smart meters, will transmit water usage information directly to the billing office, without the need for manual meter reading. Over the next nine to 12 months, a private contractor hired by the city will replace 34,000 meters. These new meters are part of a system called an automated metering infrastructure (AMI). This month the city will start replacing residential water meters with state-of-the-art automated meters. The city of Wichita Falls is about the take the plunge into the future of municipal water meters. The city will be replacing 34,000 water meters along with new lids that will be outfitted with the new technology. The city will be replacing 34,000 water meters with this new technology.Ĭlaire Kowalick/Times Record News Wichita Falls Utilities Supervisor I, Water Distribution, Jim Monkres shows the radio transmitter portion of a Sensus iPerl 'smart' water meter. Claire Kowalick/Times Record News Wichita Falls Utilities Supervisor I, Water Distribution, Jim Monkres shows the inner-workings of a Sensus iPerl 'smart' water meter.
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