With today’s smart technology we are seeing our simple everyday items recreated into something we never thought possible. From our smart phones, to our smart cars, even our smart homes which are able to listen to any command and follow through by adjusting our thermostat and unlocking doors. Now even our simple everyday items are starting to communicate back to us to help keep us healthy.

These new smart water bottles are in high demand. There are different versions of smart water bottles which features range from having alarms to remind you to drink eight glasses every day, to CamelBak’s All Clear water bottle which uses UV technology to help purify unsafe water in just 60 seconds, to a more complex water bottle that is able to communicate back to you what is in the water, filtrate it and make it ready to drink.

The Ecomo water bottle is able to be filled with water from anywhere, your home sink, public fountain, even a lake. You then activate the testing by shaking the bottle, once it has been purified a green light and the word “Good” shows up. If the water needs more done to make it potable a simple twist at the base of the water bottle helps reduce bacteria, pesticides, and heavy metals by up to 99.9 percent. The smart water bottle is able to detect traces of total organic carbon, total dissolved solids, turbidity and the even the water temperature. The Ecomo Bottle runs on batteries that are able to be recharged, along with replacement filters. The water bottle syncs to your phone to help you achieve your daily hydration goals.

The global smart water bottle market is expected to grow 15% by 2024. From the high tech water bottles like Ecomo, to UV technology our simple everyday items are making it easier to reach our goals, even if it is just to drink your eight glasses a day.

Customer engagement and analytics platform provides superior customer service and enhanced data intelligence

MeterSYS, a metering technology company that serves public utilities, and WaterSmart Software, the technology pioneer in customer engagement and meter data intelligence for water utilities, are excited to announce the formation of a strategic partnership.

The partnership between MeterSYS and WaterSmart delivers actionable intelligence to utility staff that helps reduce real costs to serve customers while at the same time improving the service and satisfaction of utility customers. Consumers can track hourly and daily water usage, self-identify and resolve leaks, understand where water is used, compare their use to similar customers, view and pay their bill, and set water use and bill alerts. Utility personnel are provided with automated analysis and targeted digital outreach to reduce customer service costs associated with inbound calls and field visits. MeterSYS utility clients get more insightful information from their advanced meter data, gain greater insight into their system, identify apparent losses, and better manage customer communications.

“In building out our distribution network, we look for innovative and proactive partnerships,” said John Sala, Business Development Manager at WaterSmart. “MeterSYS is an emerging leader in the third-party management of public water systems and represents an exciting opportunity to help us continue to grow our national footprint of utility customers.”

As part of the partnership MeterSYS will be reselling the WaterSmart platform while helping inform new capabilities that allow for improved analytics, enhanced customer self-service, and real time data intelligence. Utility investments in Advanced Metering Infrastructure reduce data collection costs and offer real-time leak detection and other alerts to consumers. WaterSmart helps provide a seamless transition from manual to AMI meter data through an integrated suite of data presentment and analytic tools.

“Through our strategic partnership with WaterSmart, our clients have more options for how meter data can provide greater operational intelligence and end user engagement,” said Andy Honeycutt, Managing Director at MeterSYS. “The power of the WaterSmart customer portal and meter data intelligence platform is now affordable to both large and small water utilities.  We are proud to continue growing our partnerships with outstanding companies like WaterSmart.”

About WaterSmart:

WaterSmart Software provides intelligence beyond the meter to make the lives of water utility managers easier. Water providers using WaterSmart’s cloud-based, customer engagement and analytics platform have been proven to reduce costs, protect revenue, and increase customer satisfaction by more than 25%. WaterSmart recently won the globally coveted World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Award for their potential to “significantly impact business and society through the design, development and implementation of new technologies and innovation.” Come help us change the way the world uses water.

About MeterSYS:

MeterSYS is a Raleigh, North Carolina based meter technology consulting firm that provides a full range of services to public utilities, including feasibility analysis, procurement services, project management, Meter Data Management services, and business process improvement.  Through the MeterSYS Metering as a Service®, utilities have alternatives to traditional capital infrastructure projects by participating in the company’s signature metering outsourcing program solutions.

MeterSYS and Mueller Systems Sign Cooperative Agreement

August 31, 2016- MeterSYS is pleased to announce the signing of a cooperative agreement with Mueller Systems, a leader in smart metering solutions. This strategic partnership expands the company’s portfolio of smart metering companies across the United States. The cooperative relationship between MeterSYS and Mueller Systems is designed to advance smart metering technology for public water systems through coordinated efforts for project planning, understanding research and development progress and educating utility employees. It provides a direct information channel between the manufacturer and MeterSYS and gives utilities broad exposure to leading AMR and AMI technologies. The partnership supports our continuing goal be the best resource for relevant smart metering technology designed specifically for public utilities.
Mueller Systems is a Mueller Technologies company and a subsidiary of Mueller Water Products, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of products and services used in the transmission, distribution and measurement of water in North America. For more information on Mueller Systems, please visit www.muellersystems.com.
About MeterSYS
We work each day to be a leading implementation resource for smart metering technologies while maintaining our neutrality to the vendor and design solution. MeterSYS works with established advanced metering companies to help utilities make effective decisions about their meter technology investments. For more information about how we may help you strengthen innovation of metering and utility billing or to learn more about our Metering as a Service® programs, please visit our website at www.MeterSYS.com.

While a majority of water meters for utilities generally serve residential customers, larger meters for commercial and industrial customers often provide the most significant amount of revenue for a utility.   Large meters are subjected to mechanical wear and pit conditions that cause accuracy performance to degrade at almost twice the rate of smaller residential meters.  Faced with increasing operational costs and pressures to maintain low utility rates, utilities must make the most of meter reading accuracy especially from large-use customers.

MeterSYS has recently announced the release of our Large Metering Services Programs for water utilities seeking professional services delivered by our trained and experienced meter technicians. Whether utilities have an emergency testing (On-Demand Testing) need or require quick testing response for planning, our large meter testing team is available to provide the resources and response our clients require to keep their utility operations rolling.

For utilities needing more information about their large meters to support capital planning or routine maintenance, our Meter Condition Analysis (MCA) provides full asset assessment using customized field inventory tools followed by a detailed findings and recommendations report for effective program development.

Our Annual Services Program provides standardization and predictability for utility large meter management through an annual customized service program matching utility goals, operational requirements, and financial capacities.  For those who want to experience the benefit of large meter management without risks to constricted operational budgets, MeterSYS offers our Large Meter Revenue Program that provides large meter (4” and above) upgrades or replacement without any up-front capital costs to the utility.

Regardless of the path you take in large meter management, MeterSYS encourages utilities to include routine assessment and maintenance as important contributors to your revenue and conservation strategies and as a great foundation for a comprehensive smart metering program.

MeterSYS is pleased to announce that Jeff Crisco has joined the Raleigh, North Carolina based company as Director of Meter Services.  Jeff brings a tremendous level of experience and training to the MeterSYS team having served as a Public Utilities Specialist for the U.S Army Garrison at Fort Lee in Virginia, Senior Sales Representative, Project Manager for Atlantic Utility Solutions and Director of Public Utilities for local government.  He has traveled overseas extensively including two combat tours in Iraq and has been awarded the Bronze Star for service in combat.