Water Pigeon is a 2016 MIP winner. Water Pigeon came up with a way to enable automatic readings of water meters that doesn’t require a water utility to replace all of its existing water meters or to build a private wireless network to collect data. Traditional AMI systems require a smart meter, a radio transmission unit and a wireless network to operate. The majority of water systems in the U.S. do not even have smart meters.Water Pigeon simply delivers AMI functionality through a creative, alternative approach.
