Confidence You Can Measure: What Utilities Should Expect from Modern Metering

Utilities don’t just invest in metering technology—they inherit its lifecycle. The water industry has come to expect performance degradation, maintenance demands, and premature replacement. And for most utilities, long-term planning becomes reactive by default. But what if that assumption is outdated?

In this sponsored interview, Blake Michal shares insights from nearly a decade of continuous AMI performance across three early Kamstrup deployments in Texas, Tennessee, and Michigan. In conversations with utility partners, Michal and Kamstrup have learned just how well these systems demonstrate stable accuracy, minimal degradation, and sustained financial return over time. Bob and Blake talk about how to gain a practical framework for evaluating lifecycle cost, understanding the hidden impact of meter degradation, and rethinking how long-term reliability can transform utility operations.

Show Notes

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Timestamps

• 0:00 | Intro
• 1:17 | What are some of the expectations utilities have for metering and metering systems these days?
• 2:49 | There are obviously a lot of players in the metering market with different products. Utilities have different experience and talk amongst themselves. How do you navigate that environment at Kamstrup?
• 5:19 | What about the testing rigor? 
• 7:04 | What are your long-standing customers, with meters in the ground, telling you about the performance of your meters? What have you learned from that feedback?
• 8:41 | When a utility isn't saddled with the maintenance and repair, what changes does that allow them to make? Better yet, how should that kind of value be considered when weighing or considering which AMI system to use?
• 12:05 | Where can folks learn more? 
• 13:00 | Outro