Honeywell to kick-start West Virginia water meter programme

The Western Virginia Water Authority in the US has selected Honeywell to initiate a water metering and infrastructure renewal programme to better manage its water supply.

The $32m project, which is expected to save $1m in annual electricity, aims to increase metre accuracy, improve leak detection and reduce carbon dioxide emissions for the Authority.

Under the programme, about 58,000 residential and commercial water metres will be replaced with new electronic metres that wirelessly transmit real-time readings back to the authority.

A data management system will also be deployed by Honeywell to provide hourly customer consumption data, which was previously unavailable.

The initiative also includes energy retrofits and other conservation measures at the authority’s facilities, including pump stations and four main water supply plants.

Honeywell will oversee thermostat replacements, temperature control retrofits, pump replacements, heating, ventilation and air conditioning upgrades, lighting improvements and peak-shaving generator installations.