The City of Bakersfield received a $1,292,435 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the replacement of 5,500 outdated water meters with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters in a residential area of the city serving over 20,000 residents. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 221 acre-feet by providing real-time access to individual water usage data and implementing a tiered rate structure. The award will support the city's first phase of a long-term effort to convert its entire water system to AMI technology.
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