Report: Water Utilities Change AMR/AMI Systems More Frequently than Previously Thought

In a recent sponsored study, industry expert Dr. Howard Scott worked to identify how long a water utility typically uses its AMR/AMI system before changing to a new one. The research shows water utilities change their meter reading systems at an average age of 8.2 years — far more frequently than the commonly referred to 20-year life expectancy for the meters themselves.

Thirty years of data collected to produce The Scott Report provided the foundation for the new analysis. Since the first utility AMR deployment in the mid-1980s, The Scott Report has recorded approximately 11,000 projects involving 58.8 million water AMR/AMI units.