Case Study: Transparent Technologies achieves rapid, scalable smart‑water metering and 50% faster development with Microsoft Azure

Utilities use smart water metering system to gain detailed water consumption data

Transparent Technologies (T2), a Boulder, Colorado company that builds automated meter‑reading solutions for water utilities, faced a common barrier: many water systems want smart meters but lack the budget and IT infrastructure to deploy private wireless networks and datacenters or to process vast volumes of meter data. Smaller, municipal utilities in particular needed a low‑cost, scalable way to transmit and analyze frequent readings without large capital outlays.

T2 answered with the T2 Virtual Network, pairing Innov8‑VN electronic registers and the Verizon Wireless network for data transport with Microsoft Azure for secure storage, processing, portals, and analytics. The cloud‑based approach cut development time roughly in half, enabled utility and consumer portals, sped deployments from years to days, attracted 150 utilities in eight months, and scaled to handle trillions of records while improving billing accuracy, leak detection, customer engagement, and water‑use insights.

Transparent Technologies

Mark Shamley

Vice President