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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to secure a one-time purchase and installation of a water meter test bench upgrade from Mars Company for a total amount of $346,962.00 and also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of July 10, 2018
Item No. 18-0163
Purchase Order No. 3024028
Amount: $346,962.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Proposed DWSD One-Time Purchase PO# 3024028
"(Test Bench Upgrade)"
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Palencia Mobley, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to secure a one-time purchase and installation from Mars Company for Meter Test Benches for three (3) meter test benches, two (2) 2000 series and one (1) 8000 series, for a total amount not to exceed $ 346,962.00 and also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The Meter Operations Division is responsible for the installation, maintenance, and operation of water meters throughout the DWSD local retail system to measure our customers' water consumption. Accuracy of these meters is essential to ensure accurate billing, fair allocation of costs in alignment with cost causation, stability of revenues for DWSD, and reduction of non-revenue water losses. DWSD will be using two (2) 2000 series test bench and one (1) 8000 series the difference in the benches are the sizes. The 8000 series, for example, is of a higher HP than the 2000 series.
Water meters require testing to ensure they are sufficiently accurate both in time of installation, and also throughout their lifecycle. This validation and verification is accomplished through testing meters on...
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