Itron is supporting the modernisation of the water distribution system for the city of Perth, Australia. The company is working with Western Australia’s Water Corporation. The utility is adopting Itron’s Temetra, a cloud-based, multi-vendor meter data management system.

The aim is addressing persistent drought affecting the city by collecting data from 16,000 smart water meters being installed in Perth. The meters will provide analytics which improve water conservation management. The deployment is a part of the Perth Smart Water Meter Pilot.

“An increasing number of utilities in Australia are deploying our Temetra solution to enable their digital transformation journey with a focus to improve…”

The goal of WA’s Perth Smart Water Meter project is to identify and assess the benefits of transitioning from mechanical meters to smart meters and to deploy an IoT platform that can support multiple meter vendors, devices and communications networks throughout the project.

The project requirements include the integration of meter reads from five manufacturers’ digital meters and three different types of communications networks.

Itron’s Temetra is able to support multi-vendor reads as well as multiple types of communications networks, integrating reads into one unified data platform. All meter data is stored and can be accessed via Android devices or by web.

Itron’s Temetra solution enables smoother migration from automated meter reading (AMR) to advanced meter infrastructure (AMI), because it can integrate mechanical reads with smart meter reads, so the utility can integrate new infrastructure at its own pace. The Perth project began in September 2024 and is anticipated to go live in April 2025.

“An increasing number of utilities in Australia are deploying our Temetra solution to enable their digital transformation journey with a focus to improve water security across the nation. We are excited for WA to take advantage of this solution as part of its Smart Water Meter Pilot. By integrating data from multiple meter vendors and communication networks into a centralised hub, we will enable Water Corporation to make a smooth transition to smart water meters and enhanced operational efficiencies,” said Alex Beveridge, area vice president, Australia and New Zealand, APAC at Itron.

“Water utilities across the globe managing more than 30 million endpoints utilise Itron’s Temetra solution,” said Don Reeves, senior vice president of Outcomes at Itron. “This widely adopted platform has proven successful for utilities managing several hundred to several million endpoints. The flexibility and scalability of the solution enables WA to manage water data over time, and we look forward to joining WA as part of their smart water metering pilot project.”