How a regional water district used data-driven evaluation to select a modern CIS platform. Background & Challenge A regional water district serving residential and commercial customers across two municipalities was operating a decade-old, highly customized billing system no longer supported by its vendor. Six disconnected platforms handled billing, accounting, payments, meter reading, GIS, asset management, and backflow tracking — exchanging data through manual processes and

How a municipal water utility identified and resolved critical billing data issues before an AMI transition. Background & Challenge A municipal water utility was preparing to launch a mass meter changeout as part of a broader AMI implementation. Before proceeding, leadership recognized that unresolved data quality issues in their billing system could significantly complicate — or undermine — the transition. Inaccurate or inconsistent data causes missed reads, billing errors,

How Raybern Consulting diagnosed and resolved a years-long AMI and billing breakdown — and charted a path back to full operational health. Background & Challenge A municipal water utility invested in an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system for real-time consumption visibility and billing accuracy. In 2018, a Category 5 hurricane wiped out on-premises servers hosting both the AMI platform and billing software. The city migrated to cloud-hosted environments, but a crit

How Raybern Consulting uncovered the root cause of an AMI system failure. Background & Challenge A large U.S. city invested in an Advanced Metering Infrastructure system in 2013, deploying approximately 30,000 smart water meters. Within eight years, the system was failing on every front: over 30% of monthly bills were estimated, data collectors went offline for days at a time, endpoints took additional days to resume reporting after collector reboots, and more than 30% of end

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Recording of Webinar held on November 2nd, 2023. How to evaluate and select the best AMI System to fit YOUR utility's operational needs....

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