Hays County Water Control and Improvement Districts 1 & 2 will replace water meters with an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system, including a customer portal, with help from $21,031 in grants from the Lower Colorado River Authority.
The grants will help Hays County WCID 1 & 2 complete a $543,000 project to replace 1,274 water meters with more advanced models and add a customer portal for all 1,850 connections. Customers will be able to use the portal to detect leaks and high water use with customized alerts.
“Over the next three years, our plan includes replacement of all the traditional water meters in Belterra with AMI meters,” said Kristi Hester, Hays County WCID 1 & 2 district manager. “This will provide customers with access to round-the-clock readings of their own meters and alert them to anomalies that may indicate a leak. With this new infrastructure technology, we are in a position to make significant strides in customer service, water conservation, leak discovery and operational improvements.”
