Itron Inc., an energy and water resource management technology company, announced that Singapore’s national water agency is expanding an existing Itron industrial IoT network canopy for smart water metering.
The smart water metering rollout will connect about 300,000 Itron residential and C&I smart water meters to the existing network to achieve water conservation goals.
The deployment, which is managed by Singapore’s national electricity and gas network operator, SP Group, is an important part of the Smart Water Meter Program by PUB, the country’s water agency. The Smart Water Meter Program aims to transform the organization into a smart utility. The first phase of the Smart Water Meter Program will be rolled out in Bukit Batok, Hougang, Jurong West, Tampines and Tuas, as well as in the new housing estates of Tampines North and Tengah.
“We are excited to see SP Group’s existing Itron network canopy be used for the Smart Water Meter Program in Singapore,” says John Marcolini, senior vice president of Networked Solutions at Itron. “As part of this project, we look forward to helping PUB meet its water conservation goals and furthering Itron’s vision to create a more resourceful world.”
With smart water meters, meter readings can be done remotely on a daily basis, eliminating the labor-intensive manual meter reading process which is currently read every two months. The rollout of smart meters at scale will be a major boost to water conservation efforts.
