In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global smart water meter market for 2017-2021. The report also presents the vendor landscape and a corresponding detailed analysis of the major vendors operating in the market.A smart water meter, like a mechanical water meter, is connected to a data logger that continuously monitors the water consumption of a building or house. While traditional water meters only measure total consumption, and provides the information after a month, smart water meters can be connected to the Internet to record how much water is used and when it is being used. Smart water meter provides real-time information enabling companies and individual consumers to understand and monitor their water consumption.

PART 01: Executive summary 6

PART 02: Scope of the report 17

Market overview 17

Top-vendor offerings 19

PART 03: Market research methodology 20

Research methodology 20

Economic indicators 20

PART 04: Introduction 21

Key market highlights 21

PART 05: Market landscape 23

Market overview 23

Market size and forecast 24

Five forces analysis 30

PART 06: Market segmentation by application 31

Global smart water meter market by application 31

Global smart water meter market by residential area

segment 32

Global smart water meter market by commercial and

industrial building segment 33

PART 07: Market segmentation by technology 35

Global smart water meter market by technology 35

Global smart water meter market by AMR segment 36

Global smart water meter market by AMI segment 38

PART 08: Geographical segmentation 40

Global smart water meter market by geography 40

Smart water meter market in the Americas 41

Smart water meter market in EMEA 43

Smart water meter market in APAC 44

PART 09: Market drivers 46

Impact of growing population 46

Need to reduce non-revenue water 47

Evolving sustainble water management systems 49

PART 10: Impact of drivers 50

PART 11: Market challenges 51

Security concerns in smart meters 51

Functional issues associated with smart metering

technology 52

High installation cost 52

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges 53

PART 13: Market trends 54

Depletion of fresh water resources 54

Demand for clean water 56

Integrating technology with water sources 57

PART 14: Vendor landscape 61

Competitive scenario 61

Other prominent vendors 62

PART 15: Key vendor analysis 64

Elster 64

Sensus 65

Itron 66

Landis + Gyr 68

PART 16: Appendix 70

List of abbreviations 70

PART 17: Explore Technavio 71