Smart water meters upgrades will provide benefits to residents, commercial and to the City (rate payers). These upgraded meters will bring efficiency and information to the user, allowing you to make informed decisions about your water use.

Property owners will have accurate on demand water usage information, with this information accessible from anywhere you have an internet connection (this feature will not be immediately available). Estimate billing will become a thing of the past, and no more adjusted billing because of inacurate estimates. With smart water meters you will no longer have to read your own meter to phone or mail in your usage, and that means no more having to squeeze into a tight space to read your meter.

Smart water meters will reduce the number of City of North Battleford vehicles driving around the city, allowing for savings in fleet costs, improved staff efficiency, reducing fuel expenses and reducing our carbon footprint. Troubleshooting water issues will be accelerated, reducing the waste of water.

Starting March 1^st Water Meter installation will start, installation will be completed by zones. Properties will receive a series of communication hand delivered to their household notifying them that their zone is scheduled for upgrade. Please respond within 10 days to schedule your smart meter installation, the contact information will be provided in the letters. Appointments can easily be booked online or by phone.

Installation of the new meter upgrade is expected to take about 30 to 45 minutes for residential building, commercial installations can experience installation times between two and four hours.

Appointments will be available between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, Monday to Friday and between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM on Saturdays.

Please ensure that an adult is home and pets are secured in another room to provide access to the service technician. KTI Ltd will be completing the Meter installation. KTI will not access the location if an adult is not present. KTI Installers will be following detailed Covid-19 precautions with proper PPE and will wear boot covers to keep your homes clean.

The Upgrade is expected to take several months through December 2021.

Please wait before trying to book your upgrade; you will receive notification that your zone is being upgraded.

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Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) which is a technology that allows utility meters to be read remotely. These upgraded water meters will allow accurate on-demand, and automatic utility reading. A web portal will be provided later in the year providing users with in depth information about their water consumption.

An accommodation program is available for residential properties. Accommodated properties will have a new AMI compatible water meter installed without the radio transmitter. To be eligible for the accommodation program, property owners or tenants with owners acknowledgement need to complete the application form and agree to monthly fee’s and future radio installation removal fee’s (at the time of the radio removal or installation), and agree to allow a City worker to enter the premises on a quarterly basis to complete manual meter reads.

Read the City Accommodation Policy HERE.
The application form can accessed HERE.