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Infrastructure

Goal 2: Support and Expand Programs to Reduce Environmental Impacts
Objective 1: Mitigate Operating Costs and Impact on Environment
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
Core Advanced Metering Install 4,500 meters and MIUs in FY Economic Development and Capital
INF Infrastructure 2021 Investment (Water)
2.1.1
Summary:
Milestone Estimated Actual
The City of Arlington Water Utilities will install 9,000 Completion Completion
meters and MIU’s in 2021 through an ongoing meter Wrap up FY 2020 Installs Sept. 2020 Sept. 2020
replacement program and water line renewals. Begin MUI/Meter Installs Oct. 2020 Oct. 2020
Council Approval of Meter Feb. 2021 Mar. 2021
The MIU receives input from the meter register and Replacement funding
remotely sends data to a fixed base data collector, Council Approval of June 2021 Apr. 2021
located at one of five elevated storage tanks around Annual Meter Supply
the City. Top of the hour readings and other diagnostics Contract
are instantly forwarded to the network allowing for a Complete MIU/Meter Sept. 2021 Sept. 2021
greater awareness of the distribution system and Installation for FY 2021
possible on property leak conditions. In addition, the
MIU stores up to 35 days of hourly consumption,
providing the utility with the ability to extract detailed

usage profiles for consumer education, such as water
conservation, and billing dispute resolution.

Update:
Arlington Water Utilities has installed 3,043 meters in
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the 4 quarter of this fiscal year. We installed 8,200
meters this fiscal year. However, we did experience
supply chain issues with our supply of MIUs due to the
microchip shortage. Our vendor could not fulfill our
supply request from May 2021 through the end of the
fiscal year. Accordingly, we were only able to install
7,481 MIUs. We did exceed our forecasted modified
total of 4,500 MIUs installed. Fiscal Year 2021‐22 will
continue with the meter change‐out goals but will
include the MIU totals as supply chain limitations allow
as we are expected to receive intermittent re‐supply of
MIUs until August 2022.

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