3333 WATER METER AND AMR/AMI EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS
FOR TOWN OF HANOVER WATER METER REPLACEMENT PROJECT
DISTRICTS #1 AND #2 AMENDED – 01/15/2021
Prepared by and for: Town of Hanover
Water and Sewer Department 12784 Buffalo Road
Irving, New York 14081 (716) 934-2231
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Table of Contents I. Walk-by / Drive-by Meter Reading AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) System
A. Scope Page 2 B. System Description C. Lead Free Requirement Page 3 D. Measurement Technology E. Meter sizes and lengths F. Meter Case Page 3 G. Meter Assembly Page 4 H. Measuring Chamber Assembly I. Electronic Register Page 5 J. Environment Page 6 K. Performance Page 6 L. Reading System Requirement M. Proposed Costs Page 7 N. Warranty Page 8 O. Technical Data Page 8 P. Accuracy Requirements Q. Size, Flow, Pressure Loss Requirements Page 9 R. Data Logging Requirements Page 10 S. Programming Page 12 T. Radio Packet Flexibility U. Wireless Radio Communication Encryption Page 12 V. Handheld & Laptop Requirements II. Data Management Software A. Data Management Software Requirements Page 13 B. Google App Store Requirements Page 14 C. Bluetooth Wireless Converter Requirements Page 15 III. References Page 16 IV. Bid Page Page 19
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AMR WATER METER UPGRADE PROJECT: TOWN OF HANOVER l. Walk-By / Drive-By Meter Reading AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) System
Specification Requirements
A. Scope
Under this specification a single manufacturer shall supply and support all hardware and software necessary to provide the Town of Hanover with an AMR Reading System. Installation of the meters and endpoints are the responsibility of the utility. While a primary function shall be to provide accurate and timely meter reading data for billing purposes, the system shall also have the ability to provide daily meter consumption information and meter-based analytical alarms to facilitate enhanced utility operation and management of the total water distribution system. B. System Description The Town of Hanover is seeking an AMR system that includes either Mechanical or Ultrasonic meters with sizes ranging from 5/8” to 1”. Meters up to 1” shall be made of composite construction with or without any moving parts. The AMR system reading equipment hardware must include the applications for walk by and drive by.
The AMR system reading equipment hardware must be user friendly, simple to use, provide detailed information, and have the capability to be upgraded to an AMI system in the future. The AMR System must allow The Town of Hanover staff to easily manipulate the town’s customer database in order to allow for changes in the customer information. The AMR meter reading software should be aesthetically pleasing, simple for users to navigate, and be capable of storing all of the utilities customer database. The meter reading software shall have at least two licenses for access concurrently. The Software shall interface with the T o w n o f H a n o v e r ’ s c u r r e n t Billing system (NOS Billing software).
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All cold water meters (solid state type 5/8 through 1”) furnished shall be produced from an ISO 9001C certified manufacturing facility and shall meet or exceed the accuracy requirements specified in the “Standard Specifications for Cold Water Meters – Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic Type” C715-18 latest revision issued by AWWA. C. Lead Free Requirement
This project requires that all water meters submitted in this Proposal be compliant with NSF/ANSI 61, which exceeds the requirements of NSF/ANSI 372 that became effective January 2014: Meters shall be made of “lead free” Fiberglass-Reinforced Polymer, Stainless Steel, or Bronze/Brass. D. Measurement Technology
The measurement technology shall use m e c h a n i c a l m e a n s o r ultrasonic sensors featuring no moving parts. The u l t r a s o n i c meters should be designed in such a way that the sensor and electronics makes no contact with the fluid. The electronics (which includes but not be limited to PCBs, transducers, magnetic coils, LCDs, and battery), shall be warranted for twenty (20) years; ten (10) year full replacement at no charge and ten (10) prorated cost at the current list price.
E. Meter Size, Length
5/8”X1/2” & 5/8”X3/4" shall have a lay length of 7.5” 1” Meters shall have a lay length of 10 3/4"
F. Meter Case
If applicable, the meter main case shall be certified as lead free Fiberglass-Reinforced Polymer, lead-free brass or be 316 lead-free Stainless Steel. The threads on the unit shall not be susceptible to cross threading, and shall be able to withstand a maximum torque of eighty foot pounds. The case shall have a burst rating of no less than one thousand psi and have a standard operating pressure of 250 psi. The case shall also have
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a minimum specification of side torque end to end of thirty foot pounds. The serial number should be displayed in a permanent location on the register. Meter markings shall indicate size, model, direction of flow, and NSF 61 certification. All lead- free main cases shall be guaranteed free from manufacturing defects in workmanship and material for the life of the meter (20 years). There shall be no corrosive materials used that comes in contact with any mounting hardware or atmosphere. The case shall with the following choices of threads 5/8”x1/2”, and 5/8”x3/4”, and available case that has adaptable threads for any combination of sizes of ½”, ¾” and 1”. G. Meter Assembly
To ensure long term stability and performance all meters shall be assembled in a humidity-controlled atmosphere, and shall be assembled by machine without the influence of human intervention, contaminants, or pollutants. To ensure no moisture penetration in the register for the life of the meter, all meter components shall be vacuum-sealed within the case and shall have a desiccant added in the case to ensure zero percent humidity within the case over the life of the meter. After manufacture the measurement chamber must be sealed with an impenetrable seal to ensure a contaminate-free measuring chamber until installation. H. Measuring Chamber Assembly
The measuring chamber shall have no moving parts. All sensors shall be completely separate of the fluid, and coatings and water quality shall not affect measurement accuracy. The pressure drop at maximum flow shall be no greater than seven and one half psi. The measurement shall operate over a range of 32-140 degrees F and shall provide the maximum and minimum ambient temperature around the meter and provide the maximum and minimum temperature of the fluid. If mechanical meter, all piston assemblies shall be interchangeable in all measuring chamber assemblies of the same size. The measuring chamber shall be held in place without the use of fasteners. The measuring chamber piston shall operate against a replaceable control roller, allowing for repair to AWWA standards. The control roller shall rotate on a stainless
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measuring chamber steel pin to provide added strength, wear and corrosion resistance. There shall be an elastomeric or seal or seals between measured and unmeasured water, preventing leakage around the measuring element. I. Electronic Register
The solid state meter electronic enclosure shall be constructed of a durable engineered composite designed to last the life of the meter. The register shall provide at least a 9-digit visual registration at the meter and shall be programmable to display the units from non-fractional units to a minimum of three decimal place resolution. The register shall have a validation mode where the register is updated in no less than one second increment. The meter shall be programmable to read in cubic feet, gallons, or other metric units. The register shall have an integral data logger that logs 450 daily flows, 36 monthly flows and the last fifty alerts. The system shall visually alert the following on the LCD screen: for leak and burst alerts on the customer side, tampering with the meter, dry measurement chamber, and reverse flow. The system shall easily allow for field changes of units, volume resolution, and time. The register unit shall have a remote read radio built into unit, no external radios shall be allowed. The Meter Register shall clearly visually show the following:
• Optical eye for reading and configuration (programming) • Digital display showing consumption • Type No. (includes information on meter size, overall length, etc.) • Serial Number and production year • Configuration of the programmable parameters • IP68 Waterproof/Submersible Certification • Bar Code with Serial Number • Nominal Meter Size – Max Flow for continuous operation • Temperature Range • Software (Firmware) Version • FCC Identification • Optional: Customer Logo: e.g. Water Company Logo (15mm x 38mm block)
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J. Environmental
The solid state meter must feature fully-potted electronics and battery as well as carry an IP68 rating for submersion in flooded meter pits.
K. Performance
Meter manufacturer’s solid state meters shall m e e t or exceed AWWA C715-18 accuracy standards and warrant their published accuracy levels for the life of their meters. All meters shall have a minimum certified 99% accuracy at a minimum flow rate of .2 gpm to 25 gpm. This accuracy shall be guaranteed for 20 years regardless of volume of flow passing through meter and there shall be no exclusions in this warranty for water quality. The meter shall have a starting flow reading of .015 gpm.
L. Reading System Requirements – Proprietary and Non-Proprietary
Both proprietary and non-proprietary reading hardware is acceptable. When reading the meter the following must be supplied, volume for the first day of the month at 12:00:00, volume at time of read, maximum and minimum temperature for read period, and any alerts for the read period, the alerts shall be for leak and burst on the customers side, as well as tamper, dry meter and reverse flow for the utility. All alerts must display on the device with the alert clearly shown as to what it is as well as the address, and serial number of the meter. The software must provide for installation diagnostics that shows signal strength of the radio, serial number of meter, and address assigned. All readings may be able to be downloaded wirelessly through the internet without requiring any additional hardware or returning to a central site. The central site software shall be available hosted through The Cloud or shall be available as a locally installed software. Both user interfaces must allow easy utility migration at any time without additional training. The software must be able to
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display the data collected as well as allowing for assignment of routes. The software must allow for the distribution of encryption keys that allow only the utility that owns the meters to be able to read them for security. The software must allow for data formatting to allow for interface to the utility’s billing system. Other features of the central software must provide analytics for water loss comparisons between zone meters and metering below the zone meters. The software shall show any alerts that the meters provide when read along with the readings and locations in an easily understandable manner.
M. Proposed Costs
All Proposals must include proposed costs to complete the tasks described in the project scope. Costs should be stated as one-time or non-recurring costs (NRC), monthly recurring costs (MRC), or annual recurring costs (ANC). Pricing should be listed for each of the following items in accordance with the format below:
i. Data Management Software Platform ii. Data Management Hosting Fees
iii. Bluetooth Converter Receiver Kit iv. Individual Meter Prices per Unit v. Optional Fees
a. Online Training b. On-site Training c. Billing Interface Fee d. Tech Support Costs
Schedule of Charges includes all hardware associated with the AMR System as mentioned in the Project Scope and Project Specifications Sections of this document. NOTE: All costs and fees must be clearly described in each Proposal. Prices for this project shall be “fixed” throughout any purchase order issued as a result of this document.
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N. Warranty
All meters provided shall have a one-year warranty for workmanship and operations, a twenty year battery warranty that is a full warranty for ten years as well as a prorated warranty for the next ten years as well as a new meter accuracy warranty of twenty years with ten years a full warranty and the next ten years prorated. All warranties shall not have any water quality conditions attached to them.
*The electronics (which includes but not be limited to PCBs, transducers, magnetic coils, LCDs, and battery), shall be warranted for twenty (20) years; ten (10) year full replacement at no charge and ten (10) year prorated cost at the current list price. O. Technical Data
Any Ultrasonic Meter is to be equipped with a 3.65 VDC, 1 c cell lithium battery or greater. Meter shall be capable of operating in ambient temperatures of 35° F to 140° F. Each Meter shall be constructed of IP68-Rated (Waterproof/Submersible) material, allowing water temperatures to range from 33° F to 140° F, while having the ability to inventory and store meters in a setting ranging from -10°F to 140°F.
Any meter to be provided shall be capable of operating in a pressurized system no greater than 250 PSI.
P. Accuracy Meter industry standard for 5/8” through 1”.
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Q. Size, Flow, Pressure Loss Requirements
5/8” through ¾”
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1” through 3”
R. Data Logging Requirements
Therefore, it is always possible to read target volume and information codes for each of the latest 36 months as well as corresponding meter reading and possible information codes for each of the latest 460 days. The data logs can only be read via the meter’s optical eye.
The monthly log is written on the first day of the subsequent month; the daily logger is written at midnight. Below are the required fields of logging:
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Every time the information code changes, date and information codes are logged. Thus, it is possible to read the latest 50 changes of the information code as well as the date the change was made. Reading is only possible via the optical programming eye. S. Programming
Meters may have the capability of being field programmed in the event it is determined that it would benefit the utility. Measuring registration (CuFt, Gallons, etc.) Leak detection sensitivity, pipe burst sensitivity, data RF packages and display resolution are all required fields for optional programming.
T. Radio Packet Flexibility The meter shall communicate via a high-powered antenna and integrated 915 MHz band RF, which gives access to easy and fast wireless reading of the meter. The Integrated 915 MHz band RF shall transmit a data package every 16 seconds. In order to obtain long battery lifetime, the data package has been compressed and includes only the most recent meter reading. The radio may be ready for multi-channel transmission to avoid interference with nearby transmitters. Besides readout of the current total registered water use, the meter shall save a number of other consumption details. The following values must be sent via the wireless RF radio signal:
• Target Volume – e.g. meter read from the first day of the month • Maximum Flow – Daily • Maximum Flow – Monthly • Selected values of ambient temperatures
U. Wireless Radio Communication Encryption Requirements The 915 MHz band RF is an open standard, following EN13757-4 (2010). This requires
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the RF Integral Ultrasonic Radio can be configured with or without encryption of the transmitted signal, encryption is required in the US by the FCC. V. Handheld & Laptop Requirements & AMR Meter Reading Equipment
In an effort to avoid certain future costs, it is preferred that the meters and integral transmitters be capable of being interrogated via an android based cellular phone or tablet. This is to prevent the town from being subject to third party software and hardware upgrades/requirements in the future. A downloadable android based app via the Google play store is favorable and acceptable.
II. Data Management Software A. Data Management Requirements
Bidders shall provide an easy to use, with a multitude of functionalities, a software platform that has a simple and logical user interface with a start page as the starting point and icon-based navigation to further features, making the application very intuitive and easy to use. Information about the most basic features becomes available by clicking the help icon on the start page. The software shall be primarily designed to be run as a hosted solution in which read data is saved on a secured server. Alternately, it can be offered as a local installation as well, where data is stored locally on a utilities computer system. The software being supplied must be capable of handling data with ease, such as:
• Mobile Drive-by Reading • Manual Walk-by Reading • Generic import functionality for importing customer database • Graphical visualization of read data • Display of meters on Map • Automatic GIS coordinates on the basis of addresses • User Defined export formats for exporting to billing systems • Automatic export functionality • Possibility of receiving readings by email on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly
basis (Hosted Only) • Grouping of Meters • Management of mobile reading units
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• Overview of info codes • Display of logged data • Advanced filtering
The hardware requirements depend on if the application is run as a hosted solution or is installed locally. Hosted solution PC with Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or newer and Microsoft Windows 7, 64 bit or newer. The PC must be fully updated via Windows Update. Internet access and open outgoing TCP/443 and outgoing TCP/808. Locally installed solution Processor Intel Core I3 compatible processor 2.4 GHz or faster Processor (recommended) Intel Core i5 compatible processor (Intel Core i5-6300U) 2.4 GHz or faster RAM 8 GB RAM (recommended) 16 GB RAM. B. Google App Store Requirements (Optional) The required App is a mobile application which – together with a Bluetooth®-connected converter – changes your smartphone into an efficient reading tool. The App is extremely intuitive and makes meter reading and data synchronization with the central data management software easy. By pressing a button within the App, data is synchronized wirelessly with data in the central data management software by which the meters become available in the app. When the App is in reading mode, an integrated Google Maps feature shows the geographical position of not yet read meters on a map, making meter reading with the App very simple and efficient. As the meters are read, they light up and disappear from the map. In this way, the operator is provided with a clear picture of the positions of the remaining meters. In addition to reading the wireless data communication from the meters, the App can be used together with a Bluetooth®- connected optical eye. When the optical eye is placed on the infrared connection port of the water meter, the data logger in the meter can be accessed from the App. The App contains functionalities which make mobile reading and network setup simple and efficient, including:
• Handling of up to 15,000 metering points
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• Map view and list view of meters • Search function • Graphical display of logged data from the water meter • Display of info codes • In-field synchronization of data with the DM Software • Verification of the signal strength from meters • Configuration of network components.
C. Bluetooth Wireless Converter (Optional)
The Bluetooth Converter Advanced shall be part of the Data Management Suite and is responsible for the automatic data collection from smart water meters equipped with Wireless M-Bus communication and is a unique standardized Wireless M-Bus solution for easy and fast reading of smart water meters. The reading of the smart water meters takes place using the Advanced Converter which receives data and sends this to a smartphone/tablet which is responsible for storing the data. Each Bluetooth Converter device can contain data from up to 15,000 meters. The direct communication between the smart water meters and Bluetooth Converter is based on a comprised one-way communication protocol focusing on fast, safe and robust data communication and long battery lifetime. This comprised communication protocol is called C mode. Due to the optimized Wireless M-Bus communication protocol, the Bluetooth Converter advanced shall receive data from up to 30 smart water meters per second, making it a perfect drive-by or walk-by solution. Bluetooth Converter technical data requirements: Communication interfaces: Meter reading Wireless M-Bus, C mode Data transfer to smartphone/tablet Smartphone/tablet wireless interface
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Further interfaces: Charging Micro USB Optical interface 3 x LED for battery status User interface ON/OFF button Frequencies Wireless M-Bus 912.5 / 915 / 918.5 MHz Wireless reader interface 2.4 – 2.5 GHz
III. References
A. Please list a minimum of three (3) local references using the meters and AMR technology you are presenting in this project.
Utility Name : _______________________________________________ Contact: _______________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________ (Street) (Town) (State) (Zip Code) Phone Number: ________________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________ Size of System: ________________________________________________ Utility Name : _______________________________________________ Contact: _______________________________________________
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Address: ________________________________________________ (Street) (Town) (State) (Zip Code) Phone Number: ________________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________ Size of System: ________________________________________________ Utility Name : _______________________________________________ Contact: _______________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________ (Street) (Town) (State) (Zip Code) Phone Number: ________________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________ Size of System: ________________________________________________
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IV. BID PAGE
# Description Quantity Unit Price Total Price
1. Data Management Software Platform (One-time Fee)
(1) One
$
$
2. Data Management Software Hosted Fee (Annually)
(1) One
$ $
3. Bluetooth Converter Kit (Combo Kit: 2 Converters, 2 Magnetic Antennas and Chargers
(1) One
$
$
4. 5/8 X ¾ Poly Water Meter with Integral RF Transmitter
_____930_____
$ $
5. Full ¾ Poly Water Meter with Integral RF Transmitter
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$ $
6. 1” Stainless Steel Water Meter with Integral RF Transmitter
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$ $
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$ $
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$ $
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$ $
10. Total Cost of Proposal:
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Company: ___________________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________ Phone Number: ______________________________________________________________ Email: ______________________________________________________________________ Representative: ______________________________________________________________ Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Signed: _____________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________________________________________
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Description Quantity Unit Price Total Price
A
ONLINE TRAINING (4 HOURS)
______(1)______
$__________
$________________
B
ON-SITE TRAINING (8 HOURS)
______(1)_______
$__________
$________________
C
BILLING SOFTWARE INTERFACE
______(1)______
$__________
$________________
D
TECH SUPPORT FEE STATE BY HOUR OR ANNUALLY
______(1)_____
$__________
$_________________
C. Lead Free RequirementD. Measurement TechnologyE. Meter Size, LengthF. Meter CaseG. Meter AssemblyH. Measuring Chamber AssemblyI. Electronic RegisterJ. EnvironmentalK. PerformanceL. Reading System Requirements – Proprietary and Non-ProprietaryBoth proprietary and non-proprietary reading hardware is acceptable.M. Proposed CostsN. Warranty
