
Badger Meter
Badger Meter is a company that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

Inside Badger Meter’s Sustainability Report: Technology supports outcomes and operational progress
Badger Meter, the Milwaukee-based water technology company, has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, offering a detailed account of how its smart water solutions are generating measurable environmental outcomes for global customers while the company continues to reduce its own operational footprint. Now in its seventh year of publication, the report is structured around four pillars […]

Badger Meter to strengthen global sewer monitoring leadership with UDlive acquisition
Badger Meter has signed a definitive agreement to acquire UDlive Limited (“UDlive”), a UK-based provider of hardware‑enabled software solutions for sewer line monitoring, for $100 million, plus contingent consideration. The transaction is expected to close at the end of April 2026. The acquisition, funded by cash on hand, will expand Badger Meter’s presence in the fast-growing […]

Optimise drinking water treatment with BlueEdge® by Badger Meter
Badger Meter instrumentation can be used at all operational and compliance steps within a drinking water treatment facility. BlueEdge, the Badger Meter portfolio of products, software and services, helps customers orchestrate end-to-end solutions to address water challenges and: Manage increasing compliance levels Accurately and reliably measure flow Reduce backwash frequency to minimise water waste and […]

Rising main monitoring delivers actionable data
Anglian Water is the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales by geographic area; it supplies water and sewer services to almost seven million customers in the east of England, a service area of more than 27,500 square km/10,700 square miles. Anglian Water manages nearly 13,000 km/8,000 miles of water and sewer […]

Badger Meter acquires SmartCover Systems for $185 million
Badger Meter announced the acquisition of SmartCover® Systems (“SmartCover”) from XPV Water Partners, for $185 million. The transaction, funded with available cash, adds real-time monitoring of utility water collection systems, with a focus on sewer line and lift station monitoring, to the network monitoring applications already offered under Badger Meter’s BlueEdge suite of water management solutions. […]

The transformative power of remote, online water quality monitoring & real-time data for utilities
Garry Tabor, Director-Smart Water Solutions and Robert Wurm, Director of Sales-Water Quality International bring a combined 50 years of experience to Badger Meter. Prior to joining Badger Meter, Tabor was with ATi, now a Badger Meter brand, where he worked to provide analytical sensor monitoring solutions for water and gas applications to customers across the […]

Spanish water utility tackles disinfection with measurement and control solutions
To treat and discharge drinking water, a drinking water pumping station in eastern Spain needs to monitor the concentration of treatment substances such as free chlorine in the water to ensure optimum disinfection of the drinking water making it suitable for consumption. In an optimally controlled disinfection process, analysers continually measure the presence of chemical […]

Badger Meter reports third quarter 2024 financial results
Badger Meter, Inc. has reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024. Third quarter 2024 highlights Total sales of $208.4 million, 12% higher than the prior year’s $186.2 million. Operating profit increased 29% year-over-year, with operating profit margins expanding 260 basis points to a record 19.5%. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) increased 23% to $1.08, […]

BlueEdge: unlocking the potential of data with Badger Meter
The digital landscape for water utilities can present exciting opportunities to improve the services provided by today’s modern water organizations. But technology can come with risk and the path to adoption often includes numerous obstacles. New regulations, data security concerns and staffing shortages are among the many reasons a water utility will seek out new […]