Currently GWC uses iPERL water meters which maintain their accuracy over a 20-year lifetime. With Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) connectivity—as well as 14 condition, diagnostic and lifetime alarms—iPERL meters provide a quick resolution to issues GWC may experience in the field, keeping your water flowing and minimizing water loss.
Benefits to GWC and our Customers
- Improves operational efficiency and customer service
- Reduces non-revenue water, measuring flow rates as low as .1-.3 gpm
- Reduces maintenance and cost
- Installs horizontally, vertically or diagonally
- Prevents removal and tampering attempts to obtain free water
- Detects system leaks
- Allows remote management, monitoring and diagnosis
- Collects and logs system and customer data
- Preserves energy and optimizes power
The iPERL water meters also have Intelligent Alarms and Data-logs that the SRII did not offer such as:
* Detection of tampering
* Empty pipes
* Leaks
* Battery failure
* Logs hourly usage
* Meter stores usage for 35 days
* FlexNet stores usage history for 3 years
* Battery failure
GWC has adopted Sensus' FlexNet System for meter reading. The system supports one-way radio frequency transmission for water meters. The system transmits on a primary (unshared) licensed band. Use of the licensed band ensures that performance will not be degraded due to interference from other systems or devices. The FlexNet system will allow meter reading to occur in the office and at demand. Bi-monthly meter reading only take about 10 minutes instead of 10 hours with the Radio Read system.
Locally, besides Truckee Meadows Water Authority and Sun Valley GID, GWC would be the leader in this new technology in the Carson Valley!
