Elster Water Meters Selected by Two Leading Brazilian Utilities

ESSEN, Germany, and SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Elster (NYSE: ELT) today announced that two leading Brazilian utilities have selected Elster AMCO Water meters to more accurately measure water usage and drive increased revenues. Empresa Baiana de Aguas e Saneamento (EMBASA) will install 170,000 Elster water meters at residential and commercial locations. Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (SABESP) will deploy 80,000 Elster water meters across its residential customer base. Elster was awarded the SABESP and EMBASA contracts following highly competitive reviews, and was selected for its meters' reputation for quality, durability and accuracy.

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EMBASA expects to complete 80 percent of the Elster single-jet and multi-jet water meter deployments by the end of 2011. With more than 1.8 million installed water meters across its service region, the new Elster meters will help update EMBASA's infrastructure. Based on EMBASA's experience with Elster, the utility believes that the company's meters will deliver the performance required to accurately measure water usage, helping improve revenue generation and customer service.

SABESP, the largest water utility in Latin America with more than 6 million meters installed, will deploy plastic cover, 45-degree position single-jet meters. The utility expects to complete all installations by mid 2011. The new water meters will benefit customers and the utility by improving the measurement accuracy of water consumption.

"The SABESP and EMBASA deployments will strengthen Elster's leadership position in the Latin American water utilities market, by demonstrating the benefits of Elster meter solutions," said Jerry Lauzze, executive vice president of Elster's global water business. "Elster meters improve water flow measurement for industrial, residential and commercial applications, ensuring that utilities across the globe can better manage the delivery of one of our most vital natural resources."

Elster will work with both SABESP and EMBASA to ensure that the deployments meet each utility's business and customer needs.

About Elster

Elster (NYSE: ELT) is one of the world's largest electricity, gas and water measurement and control providers. Its offerings include distribution monitoring and control, advanced smart metering, demand response, networking and software solutions, and numerous related communications and services – key components for enabling consumer choice, operational efficiency and conservation. Its products and solutions are widely used by utilities in the traditional and emerging Smart Grid markets.  

Elster has one of the most extensive installed revenue measurement bases in the world, with more than 200 million metering devices deployed over the course of the last 10 years. It sells its products and services in more than 130 countries across electricity, gas, water and multi-utility applications for residential, commercial and industrial, and transmission and distribution applications.

For more information about Elster, please visit www.elster.com.

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