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Digital Is Making Waves

Digital Is Making Waves

AMR/AMI, Water Management June 19, 2017 at 9:49 am

But Can the Water Sector Leapfrog Other Markets in Technology Adoption? By Gigi Karmous-Edwards Opportunity for Digital In this age, digital is evolving so rapidly that it is hard to keep up with all of the emerging innovations. Two important questions to ask are: what impactRead More

ACE17 to highlight best in water distribution, quality and monitoring in Philly

ACE17 to highlight best in water distribution, quality and monitoring in Philly

The American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE17), being held June 11-14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, is one of the largest water industry tradeshows in the calendar year in North America. This year’s technical program will include more thanRead More

Florida utility deploys Sensus IoT for flood prevention

Florida utility deploys Sensus IoT for flood prevention

AMR/AMI, Water Management June 12, 2017 at 7:00 am

For scientists in the City of Lakeland, Fla., manually monitoring lake levels to prevent flooding is a time-consuming, resource-draining task, especially during the nearly four-month rainy season. “Maintaining balanced water levels is critical to avoid flooding in residential areas and conserve enough water for theRead More

Report: Utilities must embrace innovation

Report: Utilities must embrace innovation

AMR/AMI, Water Management June 9, 2017 at 2:38 pm

More than half of water utility leaders globally have yet to embrace innovation and risk missing out on important “sustainability dividends,” according to a new report released by Arcadis on Empowering Water Utility Innovation. Arcadis, a global design and consultancy firm, unveiled the report in advanceRead More

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Aclara, Valor Water Analytics announce partnership

AMR/AMI, Water Management June 9, 2017 at 1:45 pm

Aclara and Valor Water Analytics have announced the formation of a strategic alliance to help water utilities reduce non-revenue water losses by analyzing data collected by advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) systems. Valor, a developer of advanced meters analytics for water utilities, works to improve waterRead More

Technology Stream — ACE17 Preview

Technology Stream — ACE17 Preview

The American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE17), being held June 11-14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, is one of the largest water industry tradeshows in the calendar year in North America. The year’s technical program will include moreRead More

The Indisputable Power of AMI and Analytics

The Indisputable Power of AMI and Analytics

AMR/AMI, Water Management June 1, 2017 at 9:01 am

(Hint: It’s Cost Savings and Enhanced Utility Operations) By Joe Ball & Kathleen Dalessandro The Lake County Illinois Public Works Department in Libertyville, Ill., owns and operates two public water supply distribution systems across a large service territory in Northeast Illinois. For years, the county contractedRead More

City of Arcadia, Fla. selects FATHOM for managed services

City of Arcadia, Fla. selects FATHOM for managed services

AMR/AMI, Water Management May 19, 2017 at 2:19 pm

FATHOM Water Management, Inc.  (FATHOM), recently announced a new partnership with the City of Arcadia, Fla. Arcadia will employ FATHOM’s complete suite of software and managed services solutions to modernize the utility billing operations and deliver personalized water use information to utility customers. Arcadia has chosen FATHOM to provide an enhanced experienceRead More

Aclara opens new international locations

Aclara opens new international locations

AMR/AMI, Water Management May 19, 2017 at 1:36 pm

Aclara Technologies and its affiliates, including Aclara Meters, have taken a significant step to support its growing international businesses with the opening of a new headquarters for international operations in Bilbao, Spain and a new office in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Aclara now operates two facilitiesRead More

Esri ArcGIS has become a mission-critical enterprise system for local government and water utilities’ core business processes. The distinction between the software application and the GIS is no longer relevant to an end user. They have become one. This is particularly true for ArcGIS utilized by local government organizations for public asset management.

Report: Forecasted spending on smart water technology tops $20 billion over next decade

AMR/AMI, Water Management May 5, 2017 at 7:30 am

The U.S. municipal water sector, which has traditionally been slow to adopt new technologies, sits at the cusp of change with more than $20 billion of forecasted spending on software, data and analytics solutions over the next decade. As a result, more than 40 companiesRead More