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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2021</div>
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    <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-__________</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">FORM S&#8209;8</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Under</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Badger Meter, Inc.</font><br>
              <font style="font-size: 8pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Wisconsin</font><br>
              (State or other jurisdiction<br>
              of incorporation or organization)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">39-0143280</font><br>
              (I.R.S. Employer<br>
              Identification No.)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">4545 W. Brown Deer Rd.</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</font><br>
              (Address of principal executive offices)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">53223</font><br>
              (Zip Code)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Badger Meter, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">&#160;(Full title of the plan)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Kenneth C. Bockhorst</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Badger Meter, Inc.</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">4545 W. Brown Deer Rd</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">(414) 355-0400</font><br>
              (Name, address and telephone number, including<br>
              area code, of agent for service)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Copy to:<br>
              <br>
              <font style="font-weight: bold;">Peter D. Fetzer</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Jason M. Hille</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Foley &amp; Lardner LLP</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">777 East Wisconsin Avenue</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(414) 271-2400</div>
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    <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.&#160; See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated
      filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.<br>
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    <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">Large accelerated filer&#160; &#9746;<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 324pt"> </font>Accelerated filer&#160;&#160; &#9744;</div>
    <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">Non-accelerated filer &#160;&#160; &#9744;<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 324pt"> </font>Smaller reporting company&#160;&#160; &#9744;</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 252pt; margin-left: 36pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Emerging growth company&#160;&#160; &#9744;</div>
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    <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act.&#160; &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Title of<br>
              Securities to be<br>
              Registered</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Amount<br>
              to be<br>
              Registered<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Proposed Maximum<br>
              Aggregate Offering<br>
              Price<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Amount of<br>
              Registration<br>
              Fee</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Common Stock,</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">$1.00 par value</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">1,000,000 shares</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$95.73</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$95,730,000</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$10,445</div>
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            <div style="font-size: 8pt;">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction involving the Common Stock, in order to prevent dilution, the number of
              shares registered shall be automatically increased to cover additional shares.</div>
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              <div style="font-size: 8pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common
                Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 27, 2021.<br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">PART I<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) as part of this Registration
      Statement.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">PART II<br>
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      <br>
      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Item 3.</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">&#160; <u>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</u>.</font></div>
    <div style="text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The following documents previously filed with the Commission by Badger Meter, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the &#8220;Company&#8221;) are hereby incorporated herein by reference:</div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000009092/000156459021008150/bmi-10k_20201231.htm">The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020</a>.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;">(b)</td>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000009092/000156459021021280/bmi-10q_20210331.htm">The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021</a>.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;">(c)</td>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000009092/000115752321000026/a52358299.htm">The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 8, 2021</a> and <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000009092/000156459021022595/bmi-8k_20210430.htm">April 30, 2021</a>.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;">(d)</td>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000089706908001065/cmw3600.htm">The description of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, included in the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June 16,
                2008, and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</a></div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) after the date of filing of
      this Registration Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining
      unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Item 4.</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">&#160; <u>Description of Securities</u>.</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">&#160; <u>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</u>.</font></div>
    <div style="text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Item 6.</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">&#160; <u>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</u>.</font></div>
    <div style="text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Pursuant to the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company&#8217;s Restated By-laws, the Company&#8217;s directors and officers are entitled to mandatory indemnification from the Company against certain
      liabilities and expenses (i) to the extent such officers or directors are successful in the defense of a proceeding and (ii) in proceedings in which the director or officer is not successful in defense thereof, unless (in the latter case only) it is
      determined that the director or officer breached or </div>
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    <div style="margin: 0px 0px 12pt;">failed to perform his duties to the Company and such breach or failure constituted: (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the Company or its shareholders in connection with a matter in which the director or
      officer had a material conflict of interest; (b) a violation of the criminal law unless the director or officer has reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (c) a
      transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (d) willful misconduct. It should be noted that the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law specifically states that it is the public policy of Wisconsin to require or
      permit indemnification in connection with a proceeding involving securities regulation, as described therein, to the extent required or permitted as described above. Additionally, under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the Company&#8217;s directors
      are not subject to personal liability to the Company, the Company&#8217;s shareholders or any person asserting rights on behalf thereof for certain breaches or failures to perform any duty resulting solely from their status as directors, except in
      circumstances paralleling those in subparagraphs (a) through (d) outlined above.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The indemnification provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company&#8217;s Restated By-laws is not exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The Company may advance expenses for the defense of any action for which indemnification may be available under certain circumstances.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The Company maintains a liability insurance policy for its directors and officers as permitted by Wisconsin law which may extend to, among other things, liability arising under the Securities Act of
      1933, as amended.</div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Item 7.</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">&#160; <u>Exemption from Registration Claimed</u>.</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Not Applicable.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 8.&#160; <u>Exhibits</u>.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><u>Description</u></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(4.1)</div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000095013708012927/c47175exv3w2.htm">Restated Articles of Incorporation (as in effect as of August 8, 2008)</a>. [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3.2) to Badger Meter, Inc.&#8217;s
              Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2008 (Commission File No. 001-06706)].</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(4.2)</div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000156459020019644/bmi-ex3_164.htm">Restated By-Laws (as amended and restated as of March 30, 2020)</a>. [Incorporated by reference from Exhibit (3) to Badger Meter, Inc.&#8217;s Quarterly
              Report on Form 10-Q filed for the period ended March 31, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-06706)].</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(4.3)</div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000156459021014254/bmi-def14a_20210430.htm">Badger Meter, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan</a> (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement on
              Schedule 14A filed on March 19, 2021).</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(5)</div>
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            <div><a href="cmw286a.htm">Opinion of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP.</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(23.1)</div>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2021
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S‑8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Badger Meter, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
39-0143280
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
4545 W. Brown Deer Rd.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Address of principal executive offices)
53223
(Zip Code)
Badger Meter, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Kenneth C. Bockhorst
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Badger Meter, Inc.
4545 W. Brown Deer Rd
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223
(414) 355-0400
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Peter D. Fetzer
Jason M. Hille
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(414) 271-2400
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
      filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer  ☒
Accelerated filer   ☐
Non-accelerated filer    ☐
Smaller reporting company   ☐
Emerging growth company   ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act.  ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to be
Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock,
$1.00 par value
1,000,000 shares
$95.73
$95,730,000
$10,445
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction involving the Common Stock, in order to prevent dilution, the number of
              shares registered shall be automatically increased to cover additional shares.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common
                Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 27, 2021.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Registration
      Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously filed with the Commission by Badger Meter, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") are hereby incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020
.
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021
.
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 8, 2021
and
April 30, 2021
.
(d)
The description of the Company's Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June 16,
                2008, and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") after the date of filing of
      this Registration Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining
      unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Pursuant to the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company's Restated By-laws, the Company's directors and officers are entitled to mandatory indemnification from the Company against certain
      liabilities and expenses (i) to the extent such officers or directors are successful in the defense of a proceeding and (ii) in proceedings in which the director or officer is not successful in defense thereof, unless (in the latter case only) it is
      determined that the director or officer breached or
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failed to perform his duties to the Company and such breach or failure constituted: (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the Company or its shareholders in connection with a matter in which the director or
      officer had a material conflict of interest; (b) a violation of the criminal law unless the director or officer has reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (c) a
      transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (d) willful misconduct. It should be noted that the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law specifically states that it is the public policy of Wisconsin to require or
      permit indemnification in connection with a proceeding involving securities regulation, as described therein, to the extent required or permitted as described above. Additionally, under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the Company's directors
      are not subject to personal liability to the Company, the Company's shareholders or any person asserting rights on behalf thereof for certain breaches or failures to perform any duty resulting solely from their status as directors, except in
      circumstances paralleling those in subparagraphs (a) through (d) outlined above.
The indemnification provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company's Restated By-laws is not exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled.
The Company may advance expenses for the defense of any action for which indemnification may be available under certain circumstances.
The Company maintains a liability insurance policy for its directors and officers as permitted by Wisconsin law which may extend to, among other things, liability arising under the Securities Act of
      1933, as amended.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit Number
Description
(4.1)
Restated Articles of Incorporation (as in effect as of August 8, 2008)
. [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3.2) to Badger Meter, Inc.'s
              Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2008 (Commission File No. 001-06706)].
(4.2)
Restated By-Laws (as amended and restated as of March 30, 2020)
. [Incorporated by reference from Exhibit (3) to Badger Meter, Inc.'s Quarterly
              Report on Form 10-Q filed for the period ended March 31, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-06706)].
(4.3)
Badger Meter, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on
              Schedule 14A filed on March 19, 2021).
(5)
Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP.
(23.1)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
(23.2)
Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto).
(24)
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).
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Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
      post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value
                of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
                424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)     To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
                the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
      contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
      1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
      liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
      registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
      may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
      expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
      controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of
      its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed
      by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S‑8 and has
      duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, as of April 30, 2021.
BADGER METER, INC.
By:
/s/ Kenneth C.
        Bockhorst
Kenneth C. Bockhorst
Chairman, President and
      Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and as of April 30, 2021.  Each person whose
      signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth C. Bockhorst, Robert A. Wrocklage and William R. A. Bergum, and each of them individually, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
      resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign his or her name as a director of Badger Meter, Inc. to any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
      Statement, and any additional registration statement to be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as
      he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
/s/ Kenneth C. Bockhorst
Kenneth C. Bockhorst
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer and Director)
/s/ Robert A. Wrocklage
Robert A. Wrocklage
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Daniel R. Weltzien
Daniel R. Weltzien
Vice President – Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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Signature
Title
/s/ Todd A. Adams
Todd A. Adams
Director
/s/ Gale E. Klappa
Gale E. Klappa
Director
/s/ Gail A. Lione
Gail A. Lione
Director
/s/ James W. McGill
James W. McGill
Director
/s/ Tessa M. Myers
Tessa M. Myers
Director
/s/ James F. Stern
James F. Stern
Director
/s/ Glen E. Tellock
Glen E. Tellock
Director
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