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Adelanto council approves phase 2 of smart‑meter rollout after questions about faulty meters
Summary
The Adelanto City Council on Oct. 6 approved the Public Utility Authority's phase‑2 smart‑meter installation to replace dead meters and expand automated readings citywide. Engineers told the council they found roughly 400 nonfunctioning meters and said field testing can confirm malfunctions for possible billing adjustments.
The Adelanto City Council voted Oct. 6 to approve the Adelanto Public Utility Authority's phase‑2 rollout of smart water meters, closing gaps in the system and allowing the city to detect leaks and improve billing accuracy.
Richard Burgess, an engineer in the city's engineering department, told the council the second phase completes installation at residential locations that were not covered by the original contract. “One of the biggest issues is that we had 400 and something, dead meters in the city,” Burgess said, adding that replacing those meters is a main benefit of the work.
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