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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-06-011889
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060217
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060221
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060221

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STOLLENWERK JOHN J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001185509

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06706
		FILM NUMBER:		06631463

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55402

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BADGER METER INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000009092
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TOTALIZING FLUID METERS & COUNTING DEVICES [3824]
		IRS NUMBER:				390143280
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4545 WEST BROWN DEER ROAD
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53223
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4143715702

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4545 W BROWN DEER RD
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53223

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BADGER METER MANUFACTURING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710729
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        <footnote id="F1">In addition to the shares that Mr. Stollenwerk owns directly, he and members of his family are beneficiaries of the Dorothy Stollenwerk Trust, for which he is a Trustee, which holds 5,082 shares of Badger Meter stock.  Mr. Stollenwerk also has a deferred stock account for director fees in which he holds 8,283.49 phantom shares of Badger Meter stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Stock Options are granted on a one-for-one basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Mr. Stollenwerk has options to acquire 3,200 additional shares of Common Stock at $14.00/share over a ten-year period.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The phantom stock units convert to Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The phantom stock units were accrued in Mr. Stollenwerk's Badger Meter, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Plan account as payment for the $1,500 Board of Directors meeting fee for attendance at the meeting held 2/17/06.  The phantom units are computed at the 12/31/05 closing price of the Company's stock at 39.24/share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Richard A. Meeusen
attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
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