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rxa <br />AMI Feasibility Report I Client Name: City of Santa Ana <br />2, — <br />Technologies <br />43, — Technologies to manage <br />toincrease assets more <br />30, — efficiency effectively Technologies <br />0 to meet <br />regulatory <br />10' _ Technologies Technologies requirement <br />to control to improve <br />Technologies costs services to <br />10' -- to assure customers <br />safety <br />p, — L_= <br />1.9°% 13.3% 6.4% 29.0%° 30.9% 18.5y <br />Source: ala& 8 VMa <br />Figure 7 Water Utility Technologies Focus <br />AMI systems support increased organizational safety by reducing the exposure from manual meter <br />reading, which has some of the highest incidences of injuries of any utility classification. AMI data <br />support many cost reduction, operational efficiency, and customer service improvements. The more <br />refined and timely information obtained can be used to effectively manage water system assets. As <br />regulations become more restrictive around customer usage, leak detection, water quality, and <br />water loss management, the AMI network and data from meters and sensors provide utilities with <br />the information necessary to respond. <br />In addition, the Black & Veatch 2014 Water Utility Industry Survey asked utilities to comment on <br />the status of their meter reading systems and their strategies moving forward. The results show <br />that almost two-thirds of utilities either have AMI already installed or are considering AMI, as City <br />is also currently considering AMI. Approximately 30 percent of respondents currently have AMR <br />but are considering AMI because of the additional benefits and also perhaps because of the age of <br />some of the industry's AMR installations. Many utilities are looking to migrate from AMR to AMI as <br />the life of the AMR systems is reached. Only 16 percent of the respondents indicated that they have <br />manual meter reading or AMR and are not considering AMI. <br />Figure 8 shows a table from the 2014 Strategic Directions: U.S. Water Industry report where <br />respondents were asked what type of metering system their utility currently has in place and/or is <br />considering. <br />25G-140 <br />