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Article: Tool lets Yuma meter readers record usage by driving.
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- The Sun (Yuma, AZ)
- Article date:
- July 23, 2006
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Byline: Jeffrey Gautreaux
Jul. 23--Look ma, no hands!That is the exclamation you might hear from the city's water meter readers now that the Public Works Department has begun to institute its automated meter reading (AMR) program.
Starting with new subdivisions and covering the entire city over the next half decade, the city plans to install a special battery into meters that transmits information over a dedicated radio band. Meter readers will be able to get all the information they need simply by driving by in a truck, rather than actually opening the lid and reading every single meter, according to Hank Baer, assistant director of Public Works ...