MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE: BMI) today announced the acquisition of SmartCover® Systems (“SmartCover”) from XPV Water Partners, for $185 million. The transaction, funded with available cash, adds real-time monitoring of utility water collection systems, with a focus on sewer line and lift station monitoring, to the network monitoring applications already offered under Badger Meter’s BlueEdge suite of water management solutions. SmartCover, with approximately $35 millio