Navigant Research’s recently published report on water management in intelligent buildings[1] explores the opportunities and challenges related to deploying water management technologies and services in the intelligent building. What Are Intelligent Buildings? As shown in the diagram …
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7 Water Pricing Strategies for Sustainability
The Growing Gap Between Water Utility Costs and Revenues Municipally-owned water utilities account for more than 85% of all water service providers in the US. These organizations are expected to balance the costs of delivering clean water to their customers …
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5 Ways AMR/AMI Reduces Physical NRW Loss
In our series of blogs on non-revenue water (NRW), Who is Stealing Your Water? discusses the role of water theft, The Cost of Water Meter Inaccuracy discusses how to minimize the impact of water meter inaccuracy and 5 Tips for …
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AMI: A Practical Guide for Maximizing Your Investment
The Kfar Saba Water Plant (KSWP) was established in 1931 as a resident-owned cooperative to develop and manage the water resources of Kfar Saba in Israel’s central Sharon region. Today a city of 100,000, KSWP manages 33,000 water meters (95% …
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Who is Stealing Your Water?
Water utilities are tasked with providing homes and businesses in a defined district with a reliable supply of safe, usable water. In return for this service, they collect revenues. Sounds simple, right? The “classic” Water Balance Table in the upper …
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Smart water metering market to reach $5.18 billion by 2017
The global smart water metering market is expected to increase from $3.48 billion in 2013 to $5.18 billion in 2017, according to a new report published by research company Frost & Sullivan. Frost & Sullivan, which named the Arad Group with the 2014 …
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Arad helps Meimei Hadarom utility improve profitability
Meimei Hadarom Agricultural Cooperative Society, one of Israel’s oldest and largest utilities, has successfully implemented Arad’s water management solutions. With the implementation of Arad’s Multi Jet type and Octave water meters integrated with the Dialog 3G system, Meimei Hadarom succeeded …
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