City Installing Metering Management System

The city of Niagara Falls has awarded Schlumberger Resource Management Services a major contract to supply and install a large scale water metering management solution for the city. The project includes the installation of 24,500 Schlumberger water meters with remote-read capabilities.

The focus of the program will be on the installation of water meters in residential homes, with some change-outs occurring in the commercial and industrial sector. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year, making it the largest single-order water meter installation contract in Canadian history.

The contract calls for Schlumberger to handle all aspects of the project: this includes meter sizing, selection, supply and installation; recruitment and training of field technicians and service personnel; and all customer contact and appointment administration. During the installation and commissioning phase, Schlumberger also will assume responsibility for the collection and validation of all billing information.

For all residential applications in the city of Niagara Falls, Schlumberger intends fitting its latest-generation T-10 ProRead water meters in the basements of customers? premises, with an associated remote-read device placed on the outside of the premises.