Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City is requesting proposals for (1) the supply of water meters throughout the City and (2) supply and installation of a fixed based automatic water meter reading system according to the specifications contained herein. The City shall own the entire infrastructure from the collectors down to the meters and MIUs. City personnel must be able to access all collected data at any time in order to perform daily operations, provide customer support, and to conduct research. The finished System shall also provide for advanced data analysis and have the ability to connect to a customer portal. Considering the timeline of this project will span multiple years, the transitional/duality ability of the system is of utmost importance.