New York City Selects Elster AMCO Water Meters

RALEIGH, N.C., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Elster (NYSE: ELT) today announced that the company has signed a new three-year contract with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to deliver 120,000 Elster AMCO Water C700 residential water meters.

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The New York City DEP manages the water supply for nine million residents in and around New York City. The Elster AMCO C700 is an oscillating piston type water meter with an advanced positive displacement design. The meters will be implemented into the New York City DEP infrastructure, which supports the efficient and safe delivery of approximately one billion gallons of water daily.

The C700 water meters feature a grooved piston design that creates a field-tested "turbulence seal™," using the water flow to create turbulence to prevent water from bypassing the piston for improved measurement accuracy. The Elster AMCO C700 meters, which were developed with customer input, exceed American Water Works Association (AWWA) standards while providing efficient and effective service and accurate billing to the utility.

"This contract represents the latest expansion of Elster's long-standing relationship with the New York City DEP, attesting to the reliability and accuracy of Elster AMCO water meters," said Jerry Lauzze, executive vice president of Elster's global water business. "We continue to meet the utility's high standards of quality and performance, and look forward to working with the New York City DEP on modernizing its water infrastructure."

With the ability to be easily converted with pulse generators, encoders or transmitting registers for remote, electronic or automatic meter reading, the versatility of the Elster AMCO C700 make the meters an ideal investment for water utilities of all sizes. The C700 enables utilities to increase revenue, prolong meter life and reduce maintenance costs.

About Elster

Elster (NYSE: ELT) is one of the world's largest electricity, gas and water measurement and control providers. Its offerings include distribution monitoring and control, advanced smart metering, demand response, networking and software solutions, and numerous related communications and services – key components for enabling consumer choice, operational efficiency and conservation. Its products and solutions are widely used by utilities in the traditional and emerging Smart Grid markets.  

Elster has one of the most extensive installed revenue measurement bases in the world, with more than 200 million metering modules deployed over the course of the last 10 years. It sells its products and services in more than 130 countries across electricity, gas, water and multi-utility applications for residential, commercial and industrial, and transmission and distribution applications.

For more information about Elster, please visit www.elster.com.

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