Study finds water utilities change readers every 8.2 years

Water utilities typically change their AMR/AMI meter reading systems every 8.2 years, far more frequently than the 20-year life expectancy for the meters, according to a study by Dr. Howard Scott (www.thescottreport.com). Scott analyzed 30 years of data covering about 11,000 projects involving 58.8 million AMR/AMI units.


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