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  0001462632
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000009092
  BADGER METER INC
  001-06706
  4545 W. Brown Deer Rd.
  Milwaukee
  WI
  53223
  414-355-0400
  Stoll Kimberly K
  Officer
  Common
  R.W. Baird
  777 E. Wisconsin Ave
  Milwaukee
  WI
  53202
  1402
  294420
  29410868
  02/28/2025
  NYSE
  Common
  03/01/2024
  RS Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  148
  03/01/2024
  Compensation
  Common
  03/03/2023
  RS Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  243
  03/03/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  03/04/2022
  RS and PSU Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1011
  03/04/2022
  Compensation
  Y
  Sell RS and PSU awards from various vesting events in early March 2025.
  02/28/2025
  /s/ William R.A. Bergum, Attorney-in-Fact for Kimberly K. Stoll