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<submissionType>144/A</submissionType>
<previousAccessionNumber>0000950170-25-030201</previousAccessionNumber>
<filerInfo>
<filer>
<filerCredentials>
<cik>0001776888</cik>
<ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
</filerCredentials>
</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>Bauer Karen </nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
<relationshipsToIssuer>
<relationshipToIssuer>Officer</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>1482</noOfUnitsSold>
<aggregateMarketValue>311220</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>127</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>208</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>1147</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 1,178 to 1,482 and (ii) the Aggregate Market Value from $247,380 to $311,220 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 Karen Bauer</signature>
</noticeSignature>
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