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Once a small town not far from Cleveland, the City of Avon is now one of the fastest growing communities in Northeast Ohio. With a history of obsolete accounting records and old meter reading technologies, the City of Avon’s water system was not keeping paceRead More

Itron, Inc., is working with the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, to modernize its water infrastructure with Itron’s OpenWay Riva smart water solution over the next two years. Itron’s advanced water communication modules will be deployed to replace the City of Fort Smith’s aging waterRead More

By Trevor Hill Water is essential for life. For thousands of years, human settlement and advancement has been dictated by a reliable supply of clean, safe water. In the face of a fickle supply system, people flourished, moved or perished. While the need to effectivelyRead More

By Dan Pinney Did you know that utilities in North America are only paid for roughly 70 to 80 percent of the water they provide? That means up to 30 percent is simply lost. With the right technology, utilities can reduce non-revenue water (NRW) andRead More

As the Industry Turns to Digital Solutions, Addressing Physical Water Loss Remains Top of Mind for Utilities By Will Maize Water loss continues to plague water utilities. Lost water represents lost revenue, needed to ensure cost recovery and provide capital for network upgrades. Losses canRead More

Water technology company Neptune Technology Group Inc. (Neptune), has officially introduced a new look, logo and branding campaign that the company says is focused on innovations that water industry professionals can use to ‘win your day.’ Neptune serves more than 4,000 water utilities across NorthRead More

The Smart Cities Council has announced the finalists for its 2018 Readiness Challenge Grants, of which five will be selected in early March to receive mentoring as well as tailored products and services to accelerate their smart city initiatives. Additionally, Puerto Rico will be awarded a specialRead More

Aclara, a supplier of smart infrastructure solutions (SIS) to electric, gas and water utilities, has launched an enhanced version of its Aclara Adaptive Consumer Engagement (Aclara ACE) platform powered by the Microsoft Azure cloud. This flexible and secure consumer engagement solution will allow utilities toRead More

The FlexNet EasyLink Mobile Communications is a new solution from Sensus aimed at assiting utilities to increase meter read rates and decrease drive time. The portable, radio-based device easily acquires data from electric, gas and water meters and is a simple, cost-effective way to simultaneously readRead More

SUEZ North America and Aclara today announced an exclusive strategic partnership to deliver advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart infrastructure solutions (SIS) that will enable SUEZ to better serve municipalities across the United States. The agreement, which is exclusive to the U.S. marketplace, allows both companiesRead More