Itron Case Studies Improve Turlock's Water Communication Module

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Improve Turlock's Water Communication Module

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Technology Category	Sensors - Utility Meters
Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Intelligent Urban Water Supply Management
Challenge	The City of Turlock has a population of more than 70,000 across a 17-square-mile service territory. The City of Turlock recognized changing water conditions and the need to take action to address impacts from California's drought to ensure future availability of water for residents. The city was interested in automating its meter reading and leak detection processes in support of conservation measures. Read More
About Customer	Turlock is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. It is estimated 2013 population of 70,365 made it the second-largest city in Stanislaus County after Modesto. Read More
Customer Name	The City of Turlock Read More
Solution	The City of Turlock deployed Itron's ChoiceConnect Fixed Network solution. The solution includes 18,500 Itron water communication modules, allowing the City of Turlock to have a new level of detail about water usage in addition to providing daily reads for customer billings and interval reads a needed. Hardware Components - Water ERT Modules Software Components - Itron Water Analytics - MV-RS Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Leakage, Water Flow Rate, Water Meter Readings Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Sensors - Utility Meters

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Intelligent Urban Water Supply Management

Challenge

The City of Turlock has a population of more than 70,000 across a 17-square-mile service territory. The City of Turlock recognized changing water conditions and the need to take action to address impacts from California's drought to ensure future availability of water for residents. The city was interested in automating its meter reading and leak detection processes in support of conservation measures.

About Customer

Turlock is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. It is estimated 2013 population of 70,365 made it the second-largest city in Stanislaus County after Modesto.

Customer Name

The City of Turlock

Solution

The City of Turlock deployed Itron's ChoiceConnect Fixed Network solution. The solution includes 18,500 Itron water communication modules, allowing the City of Turlock to have a new level of detail about water usage in addition to providing daily reads for customer billings and interval reads a needed. Hardware Components - Water ERT Modules Software Components - Itron Water Analytics - MV-RS

Data Collected

Leakage, Water Flow Rate, Water Meter Readings

Impact #1	[Product Improvement - User Acceptance] Utilizing Itron for system upgrades and maintenance led to minimal impact to city staff.
Impact #2	[Cost Reduction - Procurement] There was no hidden cost during the process.

Impact #1

[Product Improvement - User Acceptance]
Utilizing Itron for system upgrades and maintenance led to minimal impact to city staff.

Impact #2

[Cost Reduction - Procurement]
There was no hidden cost during the process.

Benefit #1	The City of Turlock is able to rest assured that reads will be gathered reliably and acccurately due to Itron's file delivery guarantee of 98.5%.

Benefit #1

The City of Turlock is able to rest assured that reads will be gathered reliably and acccurately due to Itron's file delivery guarantee of 98.5%.

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Improve Turlock's Water Communication Module

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