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The lack of infrastructure may be turned to an advantage, with the right combination of funding and enlightened planning.We venerate Ganga and other rivers, recognising water is essential to life, yet they remain heavily polluted. Domestic waste...
Article - 10/30/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Water and wastewater, Research, publications and web sites
The acceleration of urban growth is undeniable. Cities experience it now and forecasts say there's much more to come. The UN expects that by 2050 the world's urban population will be as large as the total population of the world was in 2002. And the...
Article - 10/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
The world is already suffering a serious water shortage. The United Nations estimates that 20% of the world’s population live in communities where water supplies are already short. That number is double if you count temporary shortages.It’s a...
Article - 10/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Water and wastewater
The Ministry of Urban Development has approved the first batch of state level Action Plans under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) aimed at enabling water supply as per the norm and providing water supply and sewerage...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Financing and procurement tools
New projections for climate-change induced coastal flooding in the U.S. have a best-case and worst-case scenario, but even the best outcome isn’t very good. Hundreds of communities are past the so-called point of no return, which means that at least...
Article - 10/16/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Water and wastewater
The Laguna Wastewater Treatment Plant provides treated and recycled water for around 230,000 customers in Santa Rosa, California and surrounding communities. While the plant generates some of its own electricity now, 70% of it comes from the...
Article - 10/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Energy, Water and wastewater
David Logsdon is the senior director of public advocacy for CompTIA, the influential high-tech trade association. (The name stands for Computing Technology Industry Association.) He runs their New and Emerging Technologies Committee, which focuses...
Article - 10/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
-Niranjan Zanzmera, Mayor, Surat Municipal CorporationThe city of Surat has long been known as the diamond polishing hub of the world, but there are other facets that have led the city to shine - including being one of the cleanest cities in the...
Article - 10/12/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Energy, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Interoperability, Policy and leadership
The Chennai Metro Water plans to install smart meters to bulk consumers of water, which could provide details about their monthly consumption.The move is aimed to check water theft, leakage and consumption in the city. The civic water body has...
Article - 10/12/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Water and wastewater
You might imagine that anything that can “turn poop into power” might generate a lot of juvenile headlines, and Washington, D.C.’s newly upgraded wastewater treatment plant has certainly done that. But it’s also dramatically cutting costs, carbon...
Article - 10/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management, Water and wastewater
Cities are expecting dramatic population growth and so it will need new and intelligent infrastructure to meet the needs of their citizens and businesses. The water provided by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is not sufficient for the use...
Resources - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Responsibility areas, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Research, publications and web sites