Beyond Meter Replacement: A Small Community Profits From a Forward-Looking Embrace of Technology

A Massachusetts tourist town reaps multiple benefits from an infrastructure-free advanced metering infrastructure.

Beyond Meter Replacement: A Small Community Profits From a Forward-Looking Embrace of Technology

A web- and smartphone-enabled engagement tool gives customers transparency and helps water department staff resolve issues. Customers can view their usage profiles through easy-to-understand graphs and can establish email or text alerts to potential leaks.

The Massachusetts town of Orleans on Cape Cod is a hot spot for vacationers and long-term renters, especially in summer.

Seventy-five percent of the town water department’s 5,200 customers are rental or vacation properties. So, for several months each year, many houses are...

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