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Itron and Fiji Water Utility Collaborate on First Smart Metering Deployment in the Fiji Islands
Water Authority of Fiji Upgrades Existing Infrastructure to Improve Water Operations LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Itron, Inc.
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[{"type":"text","content":"Water Authority of Fiji Upgrades Existing Infrastructure to Improve Water Operations\nLIBERTY LAKE, Wash., Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, and Itron technology partner, Pacific Technologies, are working together with Fiji’s primary water utility, the Water Authority of Fiji (WAF), on the first smart metering deployment in the Fiji Islands. The meters are part of Itron’s smart water solution, which WAF is deploying to enable digital upgrades to its infrastructure and operations, and to help advance WAF’s goal of providing sustainable, cost-effective, efficient and reliable water and sanitation services to its customers. Deployment is currently underway and began in May 2025 and is projected to finish in Q3 2025. Deploying Itron’s smart water solution aligns with WAF’s Water Sector Strategy 2050, which outlines five key outcomes the utility is striving to achieve by 2050: clean water, safe sanitation, livability and sustainability, financial sustainability and skilled workforce. Among the hurdles to achieving these outcomes is aging infrastructure and reducing non-revenue water, which WAF estimates is 47% of the water it produces/treats. WAF is upgrading its existing meters to Itron mechanical meters affixed with Itron’s Cyble communications modules, transforming them into smart meters. The Cyble module has a simple, clip-on design that requires no wiring or wall mounting, making it an efficient and cost-effective solution for the utility to modernize its water operations. Data from the smart meters will be collected via drive by using Temetra, Itron’s globally adopted, cloud-based, multi-vendor, multi-commodity meter data management solution. The Temetra solution will enable the utility to collect and store water consumption data, eliminating the need for manual meter reading. Data can be easily accessed at future dates if billing concerns arise. Itron’s Cyble modules, coupled with Itron’s Temetra solution, will help address the challenge of reducing non-revenue water by providing insights and advanced data analytics to identify both real and apparent water losses across its infrastructure. The Temetra solution will also seamlessly integrate with WAF’s existing technologies, offering a comprehensive view of the utility’...