U.S. Colombia spends US$49 million to deploy smart water meters

[China Instrument Network Instrumentation Industry] In view of the leak detection function of smart water meters, it is also possible to remotely read meters. Columbia, South Carolina, USA, is expected to spend US$49 million to deploy Intelligent Meter Infrastructure (AMI) to increase water supply from 2018 onwards. The company's operations.

According to Metering & Smart Energy International, in order to modernize the water supply facilities and improve the quality of tap water services, Colombia will spend US$49 million to replace approximately 140,000 simulated water meters with smart water meters, which is expected to end from the end of 2018-2020. The average monthly deployment of 6,000.

The city’s officials expressed their confidence that smart water meters can help reduce the operating and non-income costs of the water companies, such as detecting leaks in pipelines immediately, dispatching personnel to overhaul them, and not sending people to read meters, just receiving user feedback. The digital signal will be sufficient and the water bill will be calculated more accurately.

In addition, the plan will also provide real-time data on the infrastructure, which will increase the life of the water distribution system. Smart water meters also facilitate consumers to manage water use patterns in real time through mobile devices and improve water use efficiency. The city of Columbia stressed that it will also make good use of smart meter communication facilities to control smart street lights and parking lots.

According to the ABI Research report, smart meter installation rates will continue to climb in the next five years, but smart meters will gradually slow down. It is North America that has installed the most intelligent water meters in 2016, but Europe will surpass the United States in 2018.

More and more people have moved to the cities from rural areas. In order to maintain the stability of water supply, various regions have switched to smart water meters. Low-power wide area network (LPWAN) technology will further help water companies to integrate smart water meters into their work processes.

(Original Title: U.S. Colombian Government spent $10 million to upgrade smart water meters)