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Part I. Focuses on water meters of water service entry lines. Information on water meters; Basic types of construction of water meters; Tips on meter size and selection; Installation of water meters.

Offers information on ABB Magmaster, a portable electronic system that verifies and certifies calibration adopted by the Detroit Department of Water & Sewerage in Michigan to keep its magnetic meters online. History of technologies for metering water and sewage flows; Benefits from the system; Scope of the metering task.

Discusses the use of automatic meter reading (AMR) utility and radio-based meter module to monitor water use in the United States. Operation of municipal water utilities; Evaluation on water billing procedure; Benefits from installing AMR.

Deals with automated meter reading (AMR) used for measuring water level in the United States. Elements involved in the conversion to automated reading; Testing of various AMR options to solve double lid pits dilemma in Rockey Mountains, Colorado; Details on Badger's hand-held portable interrogator (PI); Conversion cost; Meter reading routes programmed into PI; Benefits of AMR.

Presents information about automatic meter reading (AMR) which is a part of a comprehensive customer service strategy. Long term concerns for the telephone and radio AMR technologies; Three biggest costs of any AMR system; Reasons for little collaboration among utilities to read meters or share any other customer service functions; Starting point for examining AMR deployment.

Demonstrates how to calculate the economic optimum replacement time of non-commercial water meters. Basis of water meter life expectancy given by the manufacturer; Data that need to be collected; Water meter testing; Sample of water use of selected households; Formula.

Discusses the management of water use in residential and industrial areas as reported by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission. Cost of water; Rate of water supply; Standards on drinking water; Details of water meters.

Discusses the potential increase in revenue and labor costs reduction through the use of radio frequency (RF) systems in water meter reading. Components of the system; How it works; Adoption of RF meter reading in other districts; Largest public water utility automated meter reading project in North America; Tips to utilities contemplating a radio frequency meter reading system.

Discusses factors to be considered in water meter management. Issues and standards in meter system purchasing; Installation of a meter system; Maintenance practices for meters; Approaches to developing a comprehensive management plan.

Illustrates how the Orange Cove Irrigation District (OCID) in California solved the problems of cost efficiency in delivering water to farms. Area covered by the irrigation district; Advantages of using the watering metering system to solve the problem; Practical application of the system.

Focuses on the use of inbound technology and Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) devices by water service utility providers to provide better service and improve efficiency. Description of the one-way (inbound) AMR system and the two-way AMR system; Technical factors that diminish the suitability of two-way systems; Use of systems with interrogation configurations; Design constraints of one-way systems.

Describes the replacement of an aging water meter system in the city of Pontiac, Michigan. Decision factors faced by water superintendent William Ripple; Assessment of available technologies in water metering; Selection of Badger Meter's TRACE Radio Frequency System.

Provides an update on the water management industry as of August 2001. Medical aid in line with the Guatemalan drinking water contamination; Discussion on the use of submetering to monitor water usage.

Discusses the plans of the American Water Works Association Meter Committee to release a standard or single-jet water meters by the end of 1999. Reason for the move; Percentage of reduced lost water with single-jet meters.

Discusses about the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California launching its computerized billing system. Recollection of Mike Young, assistant chief of operations, about meter reading; Retention of the company's meter readers.

Focuses on the technological transformation which the industry-standard propeller meter has undergone. Reference to the propeller meter before the change; Information on the propeller meter manufactured by Water Specialties Corporation of Porterville, California; Comments from Steve Huth, president of Water Specialties; Views of Floyd Salser, president of Mars Company, a manufacturer of test equipment.

Comments on the ABB Kent water meter reading system which was installed by the Cambridge Water Company. Description of the process; Comments from Tom Cowley, head of operations at the company.