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Badger Meter acquires SmartCover in $185M deal

Badger Meter Director of Product Management Matt Menzel and SmartCover General Manager Corey Williams share how the deal came to be and what the future holds for Badger Meter's vision for the future of water and wastewater systems.
Feb. 20, 2025

On January 31, Badger Meter — a metering, water quality and controls company — announced it had acquired SmartCover, known for its manhole monitoring solution for sewer overflows, for $185 million.

Matt Menzel, Director of Product Management for Badger Meter, and Corey Williams, General Manager of SmartCover, discuss what this means for customers in the near and long term, how the deal came to be, and what they consider to be the most exciting prospect of the acquisition moving forward.

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Bob Crossen

Bob Crossen is the editorial director for the Endeavor Business Media Water Group, which publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor. 

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