I received a notice on my door about this project. What does it mean?

ACWD commenced successfully upgrading AMI technology at homes and businesses in March 2021, and anticipates completing the roll out to all 86,000+ homes and businesses in May 2024. We will be communicating with our customers throughout the installation process to provide updates, especially when installation is about to begin.

Notice Informing You Installation is Coming: This first doorknob tag is to inform you that your water meter will be upgraded or replaced within the next ten days. Here’s what you need to know:

• Our Installation Team: ACWD has partnered with Badger Meter and Professional Meters Inc. (PMI) to perform these upgrades. You will recognize them because of their neon green ACWD/PMI uniforms and photo ID badges. Installers will also carry a letter to authenticate their work on the project.

• CDC Guidelines Followed: The installers are following all federal, state, and county local, state and CDC guidelines as well as local regulations, and we ask our customers to please do the same.

• Clear a Path: Please keep a clear path to and around the meter box, so the installers can easily access and upgrade the meter within a reasonable amount of time. If the installer must move objects to gain access to the meter box, they are not obligated to return them to their original position(s). Please trim any overgrown landscaping near your water meter box to provide easy installer access.

• Temporary Water Stoppage: During the one-hour installation process, installers will need to shut off the water — one home at a time. No one’s water will be shut off for more than an hour unless otherwise communicated.

• Temporary Water Discoloration: Upgrading your water meter may cause temporary air in your pipes and water discoloration. Your water remains safe and meets or surpasses all state and federal drinking water standards for public health and safety. Please run cold water from a fixture without a screen for about 30 seconds to flush it out. Capture this water and use it for watering plants.

Notice Informing You Installation is Complete: This second doorknob tag is to inform you that your water meter has been successfully installed or upgraded. Here’s what else you need to know:

• AMI is Convenient: An easy-to-use online portal is coming later this year to ACWD.org that will allow you to view up-to-date water usage at any time throughout the billing cycle and detect potential leaks early

• AMI is Good for the Environment: Not only will the new technology support customers’ water efficiency efforts, but it will also reduce the carbon footprint of ACWD with fewer trucks on the road. 

Together, through the use of this smart technology, we can work toward achieving ACWD’s water conservation goals and improve water supply reliability for our community while saving money through operational efficiencies.

Notice Informing You to Reschedule Your Installation: We may also leave a third notice on your doorknob to reschedule your installation if our installation team has trouble accessing your meter or if other issues are detected. This notice is informing you of the reason why your water meter was inaccessible at the time of installation. We ask that you reschedule your appointment by calling our toll-free installation phone number: (844) 280-6521 once the issue is addressed.



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1. What is AMI technology?
2. What are the benefits of AMI for me?
3. What does the AMI project mean for me?
4. I received a letter in the mail about this project. What does it mean?
5. I received a notice on my door about this project. What does it mean?
6. I received a visual, two-sided fact sheet about the project. What does it mean?
7. Why does ACWD need to upgrade my current water meter?
8. Why is ACWD doing this AMI Project now?
9. When will my water meter be upgraded? How will I know?
10. How can I prepare for my upgrade?
11. I have a smart home water monitoring device attached to my water meter. What should I do? Is it the same as a new AMI meter?
12. Will I need to do anything to sign up to receive my AMI meter upgrade?
13. Can I make an appointment for the upgrade?
14. After my meter was upgraded/replaced, my water was discolored. Is it still safe?
15. Have other water districts implemented AMI?
16. How is ACWD responding to the current drought?
17. Is there a cost associated with these AMI improvements?
18. Will my information be secure?
19. Is AMI technology safe?
20. Is AMI technology a wise investment?
21. Will the AMI technology attach to the current manually read meter or will it be placed somewhere else on residents’ property?
22. How does the new AMI technology work, and how will the meters be read?
23. How will we be able to recognize the AMI technology installers? Will they be wearing ACWD uniforms?
24. Will ACWD be hiring installers locally?
25. How long will the installation take?
26. When will I be notified about when the installers will upgrade my meter?
27. There is someone else that has come to check my newly upgraded or replaced AMI compatible water meter, but they are not from Badger Meter or Professional Meters Inc. (PMI). Who are they?
28. I received a notice of a pre-existing customer leak. What does this mean? Why wasn’t my meter installed?
29. What if my question is not answered here?