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<submissionType>144/A</submissionType>
<previousAccessionNumber>0000950170-25-030200</previousAccessionNumber>
<filerInfo>
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<filerCredentials>
<cik>0001672279</cik>
<ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
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</filer>
<liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>
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<formData>
<issuerInfo>
<issuerCik>0000009092</issuerCik>
<issuerName>BADGER METER INC</issuerName>
<secFileNumber>001-06706</secFileNumber>
<issuerAddress>
<street1 xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">4545 W. Brown Deer Rd.</street1>
<city xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">Milwaukee</city>
<stateOrCountry xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">WI</stateOrCountry>
<zipCode xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">53223</zipCode>
</issuerAddress>
<issuerContactPhone>414-355-0400</issuerContactPhone>
<nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Bockhorst Kenneth C</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
<relationshipsToIssuer>
<relationshipToIssuer>Officer</relationshipToIssuer>
<relationshipToIssuer>Director</relationshipToIssuer>
</relationshipsToIssuer>
</issuerInfo>
<securitiesInformation>
<securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
<brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
<name>R.W. Baird</name>
<address>
<street1 xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">777 E. Wisconsin Ave</street1>
<city xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">Milwaukee</city>
<stateOrCountry xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">WI</stateOrCountry>
<zipCode xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">53202</zipCode>
</address>
</brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
<noOfUnitsSold>18824</noOfUnitsSold>
<aggregateMarketValue>3953040</aggregateMarketValue>
<noOfUnitsOutstanding>29410868</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
<approxSaleDate>02/28/2025</approxSaleDate>
<securitiesExchangeName>NYSE</securitiesExchangeName>
</securitiesInformation>
<securitiesToBeSold>
<securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
<acquiredDate>03/01/2025</acquiredDate>
<natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>RS Vesting</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
<nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
<isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
<amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>1165</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
<paymentDate>03/01/2025</paymentDate>
<natureOfPayment>Compensation</natureOfPayment>
</securitiesToBeSold>
<securitiesToBeSold>
<securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
<acquiredDate>03/03/2025</acquiredDate>
<natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>RS Vesting</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
<nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
<isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
<amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>1586</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
<paymentDate>03/03/2025</paymentDate>
<natureOfPayment>Compensation</natureOfPayment>
</securitiesToBeSold>
<securitiesToBeSold>
<securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
<acquiredDate>03/04/2025</acquiredDate>
<natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>RS and PSU Vesting</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
<nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
<isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
<amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>16073</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
<paymentDate>03/04/2025</paymentDate>
<natureOfPayment>Compensation</natureOfPayment>
</securitiesToBeSold>
<nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
<remarks>This Form 144/A is being filed to amend the Form 144 previously filed on February 28, 2025 to change (i) the Number of Shares or Other Units to Be Sold from 14,063 to 18,824 and (ii) the Aggregate Market Value from $2,953,230 to $3,953,040 due to an inadvertent mistake for shares vesting March 4, 2025.</remarks>
<noticeSignature>
<noticeDate>03/07/2025</noticeDate>
<signature>/s/ William R.A. Bergum, Attorney-in-Fact for Kenneth C. Bockhorst</signature>
</noticeSignature>
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