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Ironton updates water‑meter replacement; city says roughly 56–57% of meters read electronically, completion targeted for late February
Summary
Water Works gave the council a progress report on Ironton's water‑meter replacement: about 56–57% of meters are being read electronically, staff use Centrix and field data systems for auditing, and the city is targeting completion around Feb. 28, weather permitting.
Ted Strutney of Water Works told the council the city's water‑meter replacement is progressing and that installers are electronically reading about 56–57% of the city’s meters.
"I just wanted to give a quick update on your water meter project," Strutney said. He described three tracking elements for the rollout: door‑hanger notices installers use at homes, a Centrix snapshot staff use to monitor daily system health, and an H2O field system that installers use to capture data for auditing.
Strutney said the project team meets regularly with city staff, Mueller (the vendor), and HST to review data and keep the rollout on schedule. Asked about the completion date, Strutney said staff estimate February and added, "So we'll just say, you know, February 28. Right now, we're perfectly on target," while noting weather could cause delays.
Why it matters: converting meters to electronic reads affects billing accuracy, leak detection and operational monitoring. Strutney told council the system shows late reads and daily health metrics and that the field/audit process provides redundancy to improve data reliability.
What happens next: staff will continue two‑week coordination meetings with vendors and provide updates to the council and on the city website; no new funding requests or policy changes were proposed at this meeting.
