While many big utilities have largely implemented and installed advanced metering infrastructure for their distribution systems, medium and small systems are still making their way into that digital future.

The technology of today offers a lot of benefits for utilities as well as their customers. Custom alerts for when a leak is detected so a costly water bill can be avoided. Data on water usage throughout the year to better understand habits and improve conservation. Temperature readings to track water quality.

But each of those also results in a lot more data for the utility to process and analyze. So how have these AMI transformations impacted utilities around the U.S.? What are some of the pitfalls to avoid when planning an upgrade, and how does a water utility director identify what data points matter to them?

The sponsor for this episode is Kamstrup, which offers these AMI solutions and more to water utilities around the world. Dive into the details of AMI integration with Travis Smith, VP of North American Sales from Kamstrup.

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• Introduction and episode summary | 0:00
• How metering technologies have shifted water utility operations for decades | 1:55
• Critical operational aspects to review for digital metering transformations | 5:13
• How to turn common pitfalls into future benefits | 7:07
• How much metering data has changed with AMI systems | 8:14
• Stepping stones and priorities for graduating to AMI | 9:45
• Examples of data creating successful operational outcomes | 12:00
• How Kamstrup's Histogram provides use patter insights | 14:52
• What do utilities do when data is inaccurate or missing? | 16:39
• What are the causes of inaccurate or lost data? | 18:43
• What does the utility of tomorrow look like? | 21:39
• How do we make that utility of the future possible? | 24:48

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Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.

In this episode of Talking Under Water, the hosts discuss recent industry news, including construction and discharge updates at the international boundary; the completion of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) work in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene, the EPA announcing a public hearing for an updated draft of the MS4 general permit in Massachusetts, what to expect for PFAS regulations under the new administration; and a ban on fluoride in drinking water.

• Mexico temporarily discharges wastewater into Tijuana River
• USIBWC investigates transboundary wastewater flow into U.S.
• EPA completes Hurricane Helene response in North Carolina
• EPA announces public hearing for updated draft of MS4 general permit in Massachusetts
• How PFAS regulations have changed in the Trump administration, so far
• The Guardian:Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
• What do the new PFAS MCLs mean for the water industry?
• Utah becomes first U.S. state to ban fluoride in drinking water
• EPA to review scientific information on fluoride in drinking water

• Cold open | 0:00
• Host introduction and episode summary | 0:20
• Updates on the International Boundary and Water Commission discharges and construction | 1:05
• U.S. EPA copmletes its FEMA support work for Hurricane Helene recovery effort | 4:40
• How PFAS regulations could change during President Trump's term | 6:59
• Housekeeping | 14:36

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Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.

Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing talkingunderwater@endeavorb2b.com engaging with them on Twitter @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media.

In this episode of Talking Under Water, the hosts dive into the results from the American Society of Civil Engineers 2025 Infrastructure Report Card. Overall, the country received a “C,” which is its highest grade ever. The hosts zoom in on the drinking water, stormwater and wastewater grades, all of which received the same grades as 2021, and discuss the overlap in goals from ASCE on raising the grades in the future, including asset management, resiliency and funding.

• Drinking water earns "C-" on ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card
• Wastewater earns "D+" on ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card
• Stormwater earns 'D' on ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card
• Water industry reacts to ASCE's 2025 Infrastructure Report Card

• Introduction and summary | 0:50
• Wastewater earns a D+ | 1:26
• Stormwater earns a D | 4:12
• Drinking water earnes a C- | 7:09
• Raising the grade with better asset management | 9:49
• How to improve resilience for water infrastructure improvements | 12:07
• ASCE recommends right-sizing ratepayer funding | 14:23
• Housekeeping | 17:10

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Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.  

Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing talkingunderwater@endeavorb2b.com engaging with them on Twitter @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media.