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Sensus announces first iPERL smart meter rollout in France

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Harmeet
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NEYRON, FRANCE: Sensus, a leading utility infrastructure company, has been selected to install 8,000 iPERL smart meters over the next four years in Syndicat des Eaux de Basse-Vigneulles et Faulquemont (SEBVF), France.

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The rollout will increase meter readings from 400 per day to 2,000, giving more visibility on usage and network conditions to consumers and utilities.

SEBVF has eight deep underground bore-holes and supplies 84 municipalities, with a combined population of 41,500 people. It wanted to move to a new technology to overcome difficulties in reading hard-to-reach meters, whilst reducing the time needed to take meter readings.

The renewal of its meter fleet to comply with new regulatory requirements, which requires a meter exchange every 15 years without calibration and to inform the end-users of their potential overconsumption, presented the ideal opportunity to consider a new technology.

SEBVF engaged with Sensus, whose iPERL solution was the only one capable of measuring very low flows. It provides better leakage detection and an increased meter reading speed, thanks to wireless technology and advanced communication options integrated into the endpoint.

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