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City ‘smart’ meters for water…….
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Lars(wi) View Drop Down
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Joined: 14 Sep 2009
Location: Permian Basin
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    Posted: 2 hours 38 minutes ago at 8:53pm
Anybody have them if you have municipal water? Good, bad, and the ugly about them?
Have heard and seen news stories from neighboring cities about billing issues, exorbitant usage fee’s etc.
I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Got mine @ house in city about 15 years ago, 2 guys in basement about 1 hour to install no issues, water cost stayed about the same as with older meter. Before city employees (I think 4 total) had to walk near the meters to get the reading. So 2 guys less on city payroll and 2 transferred to helping with street work & a couple less pickups. 
 Our R E C @ farm when updating their "switch makes sense system" went to similar for electric about 7-8 years ago. Now they don't have 2 F T & 1 P T guys in pickups driving around several counties reading meters 5 days a week. Got rid of 3 4x4 pickups & 2+ men. 
 Both systems send useage data at to a central computer.  
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we are rural but have "city water"... they use to come by and read the meter every month.. About 10 years ago they put on a "SMART MONITOR" that sends out a signal on what your usage is.. No more Manual Labor........... Rural Electric company did the same thing.
Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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