The water meter is the cash register for a water utility. For those how have worked win the water business for any amount of time, they've likely heard that adage. But how does a water system choose the right meter for the utility? Should utilities pick the cheap option because they cash-strapped? What is the difference if they are willing to pay for higher quality?

In this sponsored interview with Kamstrup, Jake Piccioni, solution manager for Kamstrup, talks about the company’s “culture of quality” to ensure their customers have the very best meters in their systems. Learn how high quality meters can lead to long-term savings with total cost of ownership, and that’s even before considering the benefits that newer modern meters offer utilities in terms of accuracy, pressure and other measured parameters.

• Learn more about Kamstrup: https://www.kamstrup.com/en-us/water-solutions

• 00:00 – Introduction to episode and guest
• 01:10 – What challenges do utilities face when lower quality meters are used? How can that increase the total cost of ownership?
• 03:29 – What about the Kamstrup designs sets these meters apart?
• 06:24 – What about the materials? What are your meters made of?
• 08:00 – Given this scrutiny Kamstrup places on the design and materials, how then does that cultural of quality translate to manufacturing of the meters? What rigors do these meters go through for QA and QC?
• 10:54 – What are the dangers of having poor or inaccurate data for a utility? What can utilities realize when they have good data?
• 14:16 – Outro

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