In a management report, Hanover Borough’s Director of Utility Operations outlined ongoing work in the Distribution, Water, and Sewer departments, including a meter replacement project, lead and copper line investigations and replacements, and frequent use of the Borough’s jet truck for hydro-excavation to aid other departments. He also noted that data from meters is uploaded to the water tower every 15 minutes and that providing real-time usage information to customers will become more feasible as more meters are installed. These updates indicate an active modernization of metering and distribution infrastructure along with an eye toward offering customer-facing consumption data. While specific vendors are not named, this presents potential opportunities for AMI/AMR meter providers, leak detection services, customer web-portal and data analytics vendors, and firms that support lead service line inventories and replacements under DEP initiatives.

Director Arnold cited DEP initiatives for lead and copper service line identification and clarified ...