In the meantime, if an existing water meter would fail, a new one would replace it.
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In the project’s second fiscal year, after May 1, 2021, the plan is to install two collectors for $90,000, add Sensus integration and set-up programs for $34,675, plus Sensus analytics training for $8,500 and then to install just under 2,800 meters on the first two routes for $259,307. “If there’re any kinks to work out with our collection point system, we’ll be able to work them out quickly.” “Those areas are right underneath our towers they’re going to have the best signals,” he said. Zwijack said the plan is to install the new meters on routes 1 and 2 first. Two water-tower based communication points will be used to receive the signals. “But Glen Carbon went with a cellular base we’re going with a radio base.” “O’Fallon, Illinois and Glen Carbon,” interjected Eric Williams, public works director. Other municipalities have deployed similar technologies – Wood River and O’Fallon Missouri. By contrast, some of the more rural locations will require periodic visits to read meters. “In Hawthorne Hills, we can just do a drive-through, with a hand-held radio,” Zwijack said. Those iPerl meters already in place only need to have the radios installed. Since then, 1,835 Sensus meters have been installed, such as in the Hawthorne Hills subdivision. The new iPerls are a continuation of what the city began using in 2014 on the Grand Avenue water main replacement projects. The benefits include no moving parts, 20-year warranty on meter battery and accuracy, leak detection, empty pipe detection and low battery alarms. Public works chose the electromagnetic type, Sensus iPerl. There are two types of water meters in use – positive displacement (a mechanical type) and the newer, electromagnetic kind. Zwijack said the city had 650 stopped meters in 2019 and 430 such meters in 2020. Currently, the city employs two, full-time laborers who do nothing but read meters on seven routes on a rotating basis.Ī third laborer replaces meters that have stopped and checks leaks and meter shut offs. He told the committee that there are 9,873 water meters in the city and their average age is more than 20 years. He added that if zero consumption is noticed over a month or two at an inhabited home or open business, someone from public works will arrive to check the meter. He said if a homeowner or tenant tries that with the new meters, it will be noticed immediately. “Another thing has happened before but it doesn’t happen often – if the meters are inside, people like to take them out and put in a little spacer,” Zwijack said, to prevent water from being read through the meter. The new system would also inform public works about water main breaks via empty pipe detection. 1 gallons per minute, and it detects that over a certain range, it will send us an alert, then we can notify that resident asap.” He added that customer notifications will occur via phone messages, emails or door hangtags while billing cycles will remain the same. “Let’s say you have a running toilet we’re talking.
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