In this episode of Talking Under Water, Co-host Bob Crossen is joined by Bruce Bharat, country manager and vice president of North America for Kamstrup, and Jason Hewitt, managing partner of Infrastructure for Sustainability Partners. Crossen spoke with them about metering as a service, how their business model works, the safeguards in place for utilities, and the long-term goals they have in mind. 

Show Notes:   

St. Lucie, Florida West Services District deploys Kamstrup meters 

Navigating the digital landscape toward a water secure future 

Timestamps:   

• Intro | 0.08 

• Interview begins | 1:29 

• Defining metering as a service | 2:05 

• Breaking down the relationship in Maas | 4:27 

• Who owns the meters in MaaS contract? | 9:32 

• Maintenance and timelines and servicing speed | 13:40 

• Utilities can still work on the meters | 17:07 

• Upgrading Maas meters and price increases | 19:41 

• What happens if utility goes bankrupt? | 25:06 

• Housekeeping | 30:01  

About the Podcast   

Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, point of use, point of entry, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts for WWD, WQP and SWS. New episodes of the podcast are released on the third Friday of every month. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.   

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