Deep Dive into Aquastar
One of the truly innovative and cost-saving projects that I’ve been privileged to learn about since I joined Town Council is Aquastar.
Aquastar is the name we use in Cary to refer to the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system for our water. The Aquastar program replaces what WAS the monthly manual reads of your water meter, with a wireless system that collects multiple remote meter reads every day. The technology used is often referred to as part of a Smart Grid infrastructure. The vendor of the system, Sensus (in Raleigh), worked closely with the town to find the right solution, while Johnson Controls developed and managed the project. (In what the Town Staff refers to as “The Cary Way.” I like that!)
(Here is the video that the Town used to share the process with all of us.)
