THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS EXCERPTS FROM THE 2013 MAYORS ROUNDTABLE, FEATURED IN THE AUGUST 2013 ISSUE OF WATER UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT (UIM). CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE. Earlier this year, the American Society of Civil Engineers released its 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. As expected, the results were disappointing as the nation’s infrastructure earned a D+ grade. More …

  (Published Tuesday, Jul. 30, 2013. Weatherford Star Telegram) Approval from the Hudson Oaks City Council in February let the city test 42 new automated water meters in the Red Eagle area for 60-90 days. At its meeting City Council Thursday, City Administrator Patrick Lawler presented the results of the pilot program. “We have found zero deficiencies in the system,” …

Jackie Lemmerhirt, Vice President of Software for Mueller Systems, sits down with Water Online Radio at ACE13 in Denver to discuss Automated Leak Detection (ALD) and other advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) developments from Mueller Systems. ALD enhances the Mi.Net Mueller Infrastructure Network for Utilities–Mueller Systems’ fixed, 2-way AMI network–by enabling utilities to detect and monitor distribution main leaks from their …

The Water Systems Division of Brockville, a city located in the Thousand Islands region of Eastern Ontario, Canada, serves more than 22,000 residents and businesses that call the city home, as well as a portion of the neighboring Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley. Its water treatment plant has a maximum design capacity of 36 Ml/day (million liters per day) and provides treated …

Catherine Carlock, a business reporter for The Triad Business Journal, describes how Mueller Systems’ smart metering technology is helping Davie County Utilities and other municipalities in North Carolina to improve water system efficiency. Click here to download the entire article

Hal Balthrop and his team in the Water Distribution and Sewer Collection Division of Metro Water Services like to stay ahead of potential problems in the system serving Nashville and residents of surrounding Davidson County in central Tennessee. That is why they turned to Mueller Service Co. for asset management services that would help them to better understand and prioritize …

This article, which was published in the March/April 2013 issue of World Water, is a technical paper written by Marc Bracken and Dave Johnston of Echologics. In the paper, Marc and Dave discuss the challenges of assessing the condition of asbestos cement (AC) lined water mains, and how recent developments in non-invasive acoustics are helping municipalities overcome such challenges. The …

This article, which was recently published in the March/April 2013 issue of World Water, discusses how the City of Maumee, OH is upgrading its water system with Mueller Systems’ state-of-the-art advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network. The Mi.Net® Mueller Infrastructure Network for Utilities—an advanced two-way AMI network—is being deployed throughout the city to automate its meter reading-to-billing process by linking water …

Approximately 18% of Maple Ridge, British Columbia’s water system is comprised of asbestos cement and cast iron, and most of the leaks and breaks are experienced in these areas. Normally, Maple Ridge would analyze the break histories of parts of its water system to determine which sections needed to be prioritized for replacement. However, it began searching for a solution …

Davie County Public Utilities in Mocksville, N.C., had 11,000 water meters divided into 30 rural reading routes spread across 400 square miles. Meters are often separated by a half-mile or more. Covering the routes took a driver and meter reader 50 days, an expense that stretched the utility’s budget. “The utility was growing and we couldn’t keep up,” says director …