Case Study
The City of Benicia
Improving Accuracy with the MACH 10 ® Ultrasonic Meter to Increase Operational Efficiency and Enhance Revenue The City of Benicia TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES MOVE UTILITY TO THE NEXT LEVEL The City of Benicia, California, comprised of nearly 10,000 residential water services, recently set out to upgrade its metering technology to better serve its residents. With a meter population that had become outdated, and a five- person crew stuck in a never-ending cycle of reading meters each month, Benicia officials knew it was time to make a change. “We had 71 meters pulled and tested with accuracy ranging from 14 to 99 percent, and a dozen of these actually had zero percent accuracy at low flow rates,” said Christian DiRenzo, Assistant Director of Public Works/Utilities for the Bay Area city. “Fo