The City of Lenoir's Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project will upgrade all the water meters in the city and improve the City's meter reading system. The City will replace all the old water meters with new, highly-accurate meters. These advanced meters will send usage data to City Hall through a wireless network. This technology is known as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).
About the AMI Project
The City of Lenoir City Council approved the project in February 2019. AMI will improve the City's water system and will help City staff and customers better manage water resources.
Currently, the City uses a combination of manual-read and drive-by-read water meters. City staff reads the meters once a month. The AMI system will use advanced meters that can send usage data through a wireless network to City Hall. The meters will send data once an hour. A new software system will keep track of usage and averages for each customer. The data sent to City Hall is secure and does not contain a customer's personal information.