Middletown water meter battery replacement part of a 4-year project

Mar. 11—Gone are the days of Middletown water meter readers. In fact, automated meters were installed in about 2005. The life expectancy of their batteries, however, is nearing an end, and the city is in the midst of replacing batteries of more than 21,000 transmission units. "These meter transmission units take the readings off the actual water meter, and that data is transferred to the …