Current Meter Reading System

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Current Meter Reading System

• Installed 1996-97, Expected life 12 to 15yrs
• Vendor Sensus
• Reading Guns must touch the meter.
• Reading Guns 15 years old

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Current System Problems

• 15 years old
• Labor intensive readings and billing process
• Infrequent Readings - Abatements
• Missing management data
• Meter history, service information, install date
• Type of service
• Size of service
• Contacts

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Proposed New System

• One-way Fixed Network System
• Four readings daily
• Receiver at the water tank site
• Automated billing for closing.
• Safe Extremely Low RF energy, 0.15
  sec/transmission
• ROI Strong Return on Investment
• Secure signal is encrypted, short and burst
  signals.
• Private Separate server, not connected to the
  internet.

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Return on Investment
Equipment will be purchased from the Water
Special Revenue fund not borrowings
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Improvements

• Daily readings lower labor requirements
• Improves Data accuracy for Town and customer
• Improves Conservation
• Improves Water Accountability DEP mandate

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Advantages Daily Readings

• Assist in leak detection
• For the customer
• For the system as a whole (daily pumped vs daily
  use)
• Reports abnormal readings
• Real time readings service on and off
• Water ban violations
• Meter tampering
• Time of day and seasonal consumption prediction

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Advantages Lowers Labor Costs

• Eliminates travel and labor for manual meter
  reads
• No Manual Reads when service changes
• Better information, less management time.
• Faster bill processing, fewer manual bills
• Real-time information to resolve billing issues

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Safety

• Readings are sent 4x daily for 0.15 seconds
  0.60 seconds total per day.
• RF Power is 0.000268 µw/cm2 (background FM,TV
  signals are 0.005 µw/cm2 )
• The BOH believes that the Sensus Flex Net
  SmartPoint model 510X water meter poses very
  little EMF risk to Wayland citizens

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Power Density Relative Exposure
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Other Communities

• Acushnet, Boston, Brookline, Burlington,
  Cambridge, Chelsea, Cumberland RI, Danvers,
  Framingham, Hopkinton, Kennebunkport ME,
  Medford, Medway, Nantucket, Norfolk, Norwood,
  Portsmouth NH, Salem, Somerville, Walpole,
  Westfield, Woburn and Yarmouth.
• Lawrence, Newton, and Waltham, in progress

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Summary

• Improves Customer Service
• Improves management of our water system
• Increases systems flexibility
• Eliminates wasted effort
• Saves money for customers