Badger Meter is a water technology innovator with more than a century of experience serving municipal, commercial and industrial customers worldwide. Since introducing the first frost-proof water meter in 1905, the US company has built upon this success and expanded its global network of manufacturing facilities, innovation centres, sales offices and warehouses to meet the changing needs of the water industry.
Over time, the company’s solutions have grown to include water quality monitoring, pressure monitoring and analytics software—moving beyond the meter and driving further innovation.
In recent years, Badger Meter has acquired and integrated s::can, ATi, Syrinix, Telog and SmartCover; and launched BlueEdge™ as a cohesive solution to bring everything together.
BlueEdge is the complete Badger Meter portfolio in action: a transformative suite of solutions designed to drive visibility and optimisation of assets. BlueEdge is a scalable, customisable offering of water technology, software and services that provide actionable data for proactive decision-making.
The company’s products span the complete water cycle, from environmental monitoring, drinking water treatment, distribution network monitoring, customer water usage, wastewater treatment, industrial process, HVAC systems, and property operations.
“BlueEdge is more than a suite of products. It’s a comprehensive, solution-driven approach to water management that drives innovation and sustainability, backed by water industry experts,” said Matt Stuyvenberg, VP of SaaS, Global Commercial & International Utility at Badger Meter. “Our unique approach delivers instant access to interval data, performance analytics and alerts, layered on top of related system information to inform and improve response times.”
Among the common applications where BlueEdge can improve operations are:
Network Monitoring, Leak Detection & Pressure Monitoring
With a long history in the UK of trunk main continuous leak detection, automatic alarms identify the area of interest, based on analysis of regular, ongoing acoustic correlations from the integrated hydrophone sensor.
Leak reduction can also be achieved through a data-led network calming strategy. Reporting high-resolution pressure data at 128 samples per second enables intelligent pressure transient insights, including pressure waveform classification, smart event alarms and event source triangulation to identify bursts and causes of pressure transients for mitigation or removal.
Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater treatment facilities feature complex operational processes involving a wide range of flow measurement, water quality monitoring and toxic gas detection solutions, designed to conserve water, increase regulatory compliance and safeguard water quality. From individual monitors to multiparameter measurement, our versatile solutions deliver continuous and proactive monitoring for early event detection, odour control, pollution prevention, chemical management and toxic gas detection.
Customer Water Usage
Powerful analytics software from Badger Meter takes in residential meter data to provide solutions that generate revenue, conserve water, and improve customer service. EyeOnWater® is an informative customer analytics app designed to bring anomalies to light and empower customers to act on pre-determined parameters or regional requirements. EyeOnWater puts user data in front of consumers, who can manage water use and increase conservation efforts with this information.
Visit badgermeter.com/BlueEdgeInspire and find us in Birmingham at Utility Week Live, May 20-21 at stand B10 to learn more about BlueEdge.
