THE OTAY WATER DISTRICT, LOCATED NEAR SAN DIEGO, WILL IMPLEMENT PHASE I OF AN ADVANCEDMETERING INFRASTRUCTURE AMI PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES INSTALLING NETWORK HARDWARE, UPGRADING METERDATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, INSTALLING AMI COMPATIBLE METER BOX LIDS, AND FIRMWARE UPGRADES TO 24,000EXISTING AMI CAPABLE METERS THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO IMPLEMENT A WEB BASED PLATFORM FOR CUSTOMERS TOTRACK THEIR WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND COMPARE IT WITH THE USAGE OF OTHER DISTRICT CUSTOMERS THEPROJECT IS EXPECTED TO SAVE 1,719 ACRE FEET OF WATER ANNUALLY, PRIMARILY THROUGH QUICKERIDENTIFICATION OF LEAKS AND BREAKS IN THE SYSTEM AND AN OVERALL REDUCTION OF WATER USE THEDISTRICT CURRENTLY IMPORTS 100 OF ITS WATER FROM EITHER THE SAN FRANCISCOIN RIVER DELTA, OR THE COLORADO RIVER, AND WATER CONSERVEDFROM THIS PROJECT WILL HELP REDUCE DEMANDS ON IMPORTED WATER