Brazilian utility to install 110,000 smart water meters

Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais (COPASA), Brazil’s second largest water utility, has awarded a contract to Elster to supply up to 110,000 S120 single-jet water meters in Brazil over the next eight months.

The meters will improve the accuracy of water management, improve revenue generation and reduce water leakage within the south-eastern areas of this rapidly growing economy.

The new contract follows on from COPASA’s selection of Elster in December 2011 to supply 111,000 plastic register cover S120 single-jet water meters in support of their metering programmes.

COPASA water meter manager Arnaldo Reis Carvalho Filho said that the company was pleased to further expand our use of Elster’s high-quality S120 single-jet water meters to deliver the best possible service to our customers

Elster’s global water business executive vice president Jerry Lauzze said "The COPASA deployment demonstrates Elster’s continued commitment to providing accurate, high quality water meters to the Latin American market as utilities strive to improve water conservation and management."

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Caption: COPASA supplies more than 3.5 million domestic and business customers in the southeast of Brazil. Image courtesy of Elster.