How to take the first step in your AMI upgrade

While many big utilities have largely implemented and installed advanced metering infrastructure for their distribution systems, medium and small systems are still making their way into that digital future.

The technology of today offers a lot of benefits for utilities as well as their customers. Custom alerts for when a leak is detected so a costly water bill can be avoided. Data on water usage throughout the year to better understand habits and improve conservation. Temperature readings to track water quality.

But each of those also results in a lot more data for the utility to process and analyze. So how have these AMI transformations impacted utilities around the U.S.? What are some of the pitfalls to avoid when planning an upgrade, and how does a water utility director identify what data points matter to them? 

The sponsor for this episode is Kamstrup, which offers these AMI solutions and more to water utilities around the world. Dive into the details of AMI integration with Travis Smith, VP of North American Sales from Kamstrup.

Show Notes

• Learn more about Kamstrup: https://www.kamstrup.com/en-us/water-solutions

Timestamps

• Introduction and episode summary | 0:00
• How metering technologies have shifted water utility operations for decades | 1:55
• Critical operational aspects to review for digital metering transformations | 5:13
• How to turn common pitfalls into future benefits | 7:07
• How much metering data has changed with AMI systems | 8:14
• Stepping stones and priorities for graduating to AMI | 9:45
• Examples of data creating successful operational outcomes | 12:00
• How Kamstrup's Histogram provides use patter insights | 14:52
• What do utilities do when data is inaccurate or missing? | 16:39
• What are the causes of inaccurate or lost data? | 18:43
• What does the utility of tomorrow look like? | 21:39
• How do we make that utility of the future possible? | 24:48

Resources

• World of Water: www.waterworld.com/world-of-water
• Hot Innovations in Wastewater Treatment eHandbook: https://www.wwdmag.com/ehandbooks/wastewater-treatment/whitepaper/55281395/wastewater-treatment
• Register for StormCon: www.stormcon.com

About the Podcast      

Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.