Business View Magazine | December 2019

275 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 • Water/Wastewater Engineering • Construction Management and Inspection • Civil Site Design • Transportation Engineering • Independent Plan Review • Flood Control and Drainage Engineering • Water Quality/NPDES • Traffic Engineering • Survey and Mapping • Environmental Services Facilitating growth and development in the Inland Empire’s Pass Region by providing the following public sector services: Proud Partner of the City of Banning 1861 W Redlands Blvd. Redlands, CA 92373 (909) 890-1255 | www.erscinc.com | Redlands | Temecula | Palm Desert | Irvine BANNING, CAL I FORNI A customers with high usage understand what might be causing the high usage – whether it’s a water leak or some kind of appliance that is not working properly. So, we’re pretty excited about that.” It has cost the city $1.6 million to purchase the automatic metering infrastructure, water meters, communications equipment, and software and hardware from Zenner, and roughly $2.5 million for Banning’s electric utility to convert some 12,000 electric meters in the city to the new technology. Schulze believes that Banning’s tough times are over and that the city is poised for a new beginning, ready to welcome new businesses and residents as a friendly and wholesome place to work and raise a family. “With the changes we’re making,” he declares, “people have become very optimistic and hopeful for the future.”