Italian Water Distributor, Abbanoa, to Deploy Itron's Next Generation Ultrasonic Water Meter for Massive Replacement Campaign on Island

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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAbbanoa to Deploy Itron® Intelis™ wSource™ Smart Water Meters to Support More Responsible and Sustainable Water Use\n\n LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nItron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, announced that it signed a contract with Abbanoa S.p.A., the main water distributor in Sardinia, Italy, to supply Itron Intelis wSource smart water meters to the utility to decrease water waste and support more responsible and sustainable water use. Itron's ultrasonic water meters will enable Abbanoa to harness the power of data and apply it to better manage water use and delivery of water on the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.\n\nItron’s smart metering technology gives Abbanoa access to detailed and precise data on a frequent basis. Thanks to the meter’s built-in alarms, the utility can quickly detect leaks in its water network to reduce non-revenue water loss. Among the key features of the Itron solution that Abbanoa will utilize are:\n\n\nInnovative smart metering metrology: Abbanoa can collect meter readings remotely. The remote reading allows the utility to quickly identify usual water patterns. In turn, this can lower their customers water consumption due to things such as leaks and lower their bills.\n\n\nData collection simplified: The ultrasonic water meters have no moving parts and are designed to be long-lasting. The meters prevent unplanned maintenance costs while providing accurate water data.\n\n\nAdvanced analytics for improving efficiencies: The utility can get insight into the health of their water network. This helps to reduce real and apparent water loss.\n\n\n“It is essential not to take water for granted, but rather to protect and manage it in the best possible way. This is especially true as a water distributor enabling ever-increasing services to our end-users. Taking advantage of Itron’s smart metering system is included in our technological innovation plan that Abbanoa is adopting to improve service quality, speed up activity times and reduce costs,” said Maurizio Zannol, who is responsible for the measures sector at Abbanoa. “With remote meter reading, in a single day, it will be possible to take as many as 2,500 consumption readings versus 200 with a traditional door-to-door system. As many of our customers have inaccessible me...

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