在伊利诺伊州的香槟乌尔巴纳，很难进入住宅读取水表，那里有大量学生和长期居民频繁进出公寓和房屋。因此，北伊利诺伊水务公司香槟-乌尔巴纳分部决定从1981年开始，在所有水表上安装远程抄表设备。讨论了经济方面的考虑以及该项目迄今为止的成功。包括桌子。

Gaining access to residences to read water meters is difficult in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where unusually large numbers of students and longer-term residents move in and out of apartments and houses frequently. The Northern Illinois Water Corporation's Champaign-Urbana Division therefore decided to undertake a program to install remote meter-reading equipment on all meters, beginning in 1981. The economic considerations are discussed as well as the success of the program to date. Includes tables.