Automated Meter Reading

Presented by: L. Anderson

October 2014

Introduction A brief History of meter reading at

SCWA AMR How does it work / equipment Demo video AMR & Health AMR Change-Out Project - brief

overview Live Demo of Meter Shop Inventory Questions?

Meter Reading – A brief history

Meter Books Dial Meters & Straight reads Cellar sets Meter vaults

Can you read this meter?

Touch Read Meters – 1984

Meter Reading – A brief history

Automatic Reading & Billing Meters (ARB) – 1964

Multi-Vendor Reading System (MVRS)- 1994

How does it work? Endpoint: Encoder Receiver

Transmitter (ERT)

Receiver: Mobile Collector (MC-3.0)

Laptop Computer & Software: File processing & GIS mapping

Automatic Meter Reading AMR

Mobile Reading Video http://www.scwa.com/videos/water_technology_in_the_21st_century/

AMR & Health

AMR

AMR & Health Transmitter frequencies: 910 – 920

MHz Limited time on the air (milliseconds) Extremely Low Power (10 milliwatts =

1/100th of a watt) Limited human exposure

Questions? 3,600

1

Total Bubble-Up Transmission Time per Hour Seconds per Hour Total ERT Transmission Time

AMR Project

Total AMR saturation as of 9/30/14 was:

244,747 installs

(63%) 142,160

remaining (37%)

244,747 ,

63%

142,160 , 37%

AMR Installations to September 30th, 2014

Installed Remaining

AMR Project

Total AMR saturation as of 9/30/14 was:

SCWA installs:

67,030 (27%) Contractor

installs: 177,717 (73%)

177,717

73%

67,030 27%

Total AMR Installations to September 30th 2014

244,747 Contractor SCWA

Installation Projection

Projected quantities as of September, 2014: Remaining 142,160 Approximately 4 years to completion

(2018)

Engineering

Customer Service

Finance

Administration

Human Resources

Construction & Maintenance

Communications

Teamwork!

Production Control

Meter Shop – Repair Group

Meter Department

Information Technology

Telecommunications

Stores

Risk Management

Purchasing

Transportation

General Services - Facilities

Management

AMR: How is it done?

Legal Internal Audit

Live Mobile Reading Demo

Dial Meter Reading

Q: Can you read this meter?

A: Reading is: 441290 (fixed zero)

Questions?