The Town of Longboat Key Public Works and Utilities Department
For Longboat Key, Data Logging is Key to Speeding Up Service, Tracking Water by the Hour
Longboat Key, Florida is close to many people’s idea of paradise. Unless you’re spending nearly a week every month driving a golf cart through sun, wind, and rain; leaving the cart by the side of a busy road; and then using an unreliable touchpad to manually read the majority of the island’s 3,000 water meters. Until 2013, that was the case for the Town’s Public Works and Utilities Department. Adding to the difficulty was the mix of aging meters – some at least 30 years old – along with a limited data logging system. “It would only go back 30 days and was kind of spotty,” said Service Worker Brad Sicard. In a community with an extremely transient population throughout the year, this was inadequate.
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