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Council approves $50,000 pilot for advanced water-metering system
Summary
The Sutherlin City Council voted to fund a $50,000 pilot of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system using water construction funds; the pilot is intended to test remote reads, leak alarms and inform a later full rollout estimated at $1.2–$1.5 million.
The Sutherlin City Council voted to authorize a $50,000 pilot for an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system for the city’s water meters, Finance Director Tammy Trowbridge told the council.
Trowbridge said the pilot would be paid from the water construction fund and would buy meters and the collector hardware needed for a small-scale trial. “We are asking for permission to move forward spending $50,000 out of the water construction fund for a pilot project on an advanced, metering infrastructure pilot program,” she told the council.
The pilot is intended to address two longstanding problems the city has experienced: aging meters that are increasingly inaccurate and an…
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