UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  April 30, 2010

                               Badger Meter, Inc.
               (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


          Wisconsin                  1-6706                39-0143280
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File         (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)             Number)           Identification No.)


        4545 W. Brown Deer Rd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin           53223
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices)           (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (414) 355-0400

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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
---------    Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
             Certain Officers.

             On April 30, 2010, the shareholders of Badger Meter, Inc. elected
the following directors to serve a one-year term until the Company's 2011 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders: Ronald H. Dix, Thomas J. Fischer, Gale E. Klappa,
Richard A. Meeusen, Andrew J. Policano, Steven J. Smith, John J. Stollenwerk and
Todd J. Teske.

                                   SIGNATURES
                                   ----------

             Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                 BADGER METER, INC.



Date: April 30, 2010       By:     /s/ Richard E. Johnson
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                                   Richard E. Johnson
                                   Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
                                   Chief Financial Officer


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