Martinsville Project AT-A-GLANCE: Location: Martinsville, VA Population: 13,821 Project Cost: $7.8 million Guaranteed Savings: $9.7 million over 15 years Water meter upgrade delivers more than accurate readings Municipality benefits from guaranteed savings, reduced costs and customer service accolades For much of the last decade, city leaders in Martinsville, VA, had been preparing themselves for a significant but inevitable capital expense: Replacing the city’s nearly 7,000 water meters. “Some of them had been in place for 20 years or more, and as older meters degrade they tend to run slower,” said Leon E. Towarnicki, City Manager. “So we knew we were losing a certain amount of revenue because we weren’t capturing the complete usage that was occurring.” And yet, like many

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