Patent ID: 7099781

Claim:
A meter system for collecting and communicating flow data for water from a fire hydrant having a discharge nozzle, the system comprising: a portable water meter releaseably mountable on a discharge nozzle of the fire hydrant; a flow sensor constructed and arranged to output a flow signal representative of the water flow rate passing therethrough the portable water meter; a processor configured to receive the flow signal output by the flow sensor, process the flow signal to adapt the flow signal for transmission, and store the processed flow signal in a data storage device; a satellite positioning system including a receiver adapted to receive satellite position determining signals, wherein the processor is configured to receive the satellite position determining signals output by the satellite positioning system, process the satellite position determining signals to adapt the satellite position determining signals for transmission, and store the processed positioning signal in the data storage device; a communication device operatively coupled to the processor that is adapted to transmit the processed flow signal and the processed positioning signal from the water meter via a communication medium.