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Itron Inc. announced that The Metropolitan District (MDC), a municipal corporation in Connecticut that provides water, sewer, and household hazardous waste collection services, will begin deployment of Itron’s mobile automatic meter reading (AMR) system. With the use of Itron’s AMR technology, MDC expects to significantly reduce water bills, increase billing accuracy, and eliminate the need to routinely access customer homes to read meters.

The MDC plans to target 30,000 metering endpoints in the Connecticut towns of East Hartford, Farmington, Rocky Hill, and West Hartford. The MDC is also implementing MV-RS®, Itron’s data collection software for collection of meter data and mobile route management.

Itron mobile AMR systems use a vehicle equipped with a portable radio transceiver and laptop computer to gather consumption and tamper data from water endpoints.

“The Metropolitan District should be commended for their foresight in implementing this district-wide enhancement to further improve its operations and enhance customer service,” said Lou Gust, Itron vice president of sales and marketing. “The municipality’s commitment to its customers is consistent with its 80-year history of reliable service. Itron is proud to have been selected as the contractor to work on this important project.”