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We recently reported on a collaboration between the city of Baltimore and Council Advisor the National Resources Defense Council to reduce food waste, provide high-quality food for the hungry and other benefits (including for local economies) food...
Article - 11/09/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
We don’t have enough water for everyone. Fourteen of the world’s 20 largest megacities already struggle with water shortages. And with the global trend of people moving to cities, the pressure is on to find ways to stretch water supplies.While...
Article - 11/08/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Industries such as energy, telecommunications and water and wastewater have a common problem. Their workforces are retiring at an alarming rate and replacements for those skilled employees are increasingly hard to find. The College of the Canyons (...
Article - 09/07/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Continental signs on to develop connected EVs in ChinaCouncil Global Lead Partner Continental will work with China's Didi Chuxing to develop connected electric...
Article - 07/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Scroll down for quick news takes and events involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Smarter water resources management for a quickly growing countyVirginia's Loudoun County is among the fastest growing counties in the U.S. — and industrial and...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Scroll down for quick news takes and events involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Cisco, Intel contribute to 2018 Olympic Winter GamesNBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, chose Council Global Lead Partner Cisco to provide IP video...
Article - 03/08/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Wellness, Energy, Water and wastewater
Several regions of the world are experiencing what environmental research organization World Resources Institute refers to as "extremely high" water stress, meaning they use more than 80% of their available supplies to grow food, supply the needs of...
Article - 02/01/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Scroll down for quick news takes on Smart Cities Council partners.Sensus recognized by rural electric cooperativesFor the second consecutive year, rural cooperative utility leaders recognized Council Global Lead Partner Sensus, a Xylem brand, and...
Article - 12/08/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Readers know that the Council regularly advises cities to partner with each other and the private sector to ensure successful outcomes for their smart city projects. If you attended Smart Cities Week in Washington, D.C. earlier this month you heard...
Article - 10/19/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Water and wastewater
If you haven’t struggled with a water shortage yet, your time is coming. And likely soon.There is only a tiny fraction of states that haven’t struggled with this issue yet, and that number shrinks a bit each year. That’s why it’s critical to make...
Article - 09/14/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
As crucial as water is to the health and welfare of their citizens, water utilities and their distribution networks are often overlooked. We expect it to be there and it always has been, so why worry about it? But about half of the world's...
Article - 06/22/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Scroll down for quick news takes from Smart Cities Council partners.Daimler and Bosch partner on autonomous taxisCouncil Lead Partner Daimler and automotive components company Bosch are working together to bring autonomous taxis to city streets....
Article - 04/13/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Water and wastewater
In an age where your smartphone can tell you exactly when you need to leave to arrive on time, for many people, the level of service they get from utilities can seem a bit ancient. After all, water utilities still occasionally surprise homeowners...
Article - 03/30/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
We tend to waste a lot of water. In some cities, up to a third of the water simply vanishes somewhere in the water distribution system. And we really can’t afford to waste a single drop. In many communities, water is incredibly scarce. Making...
Article - 03/23/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Scroll down for quick news takes from Smart Cities Council partners.Transdev joins driverless car projectCouncil Associate Partner Transdev has signed on with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to develop an advanced driverless mobility system intended to...
Article - 03/09/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Analytics
When an Illinois County public works department realized it needed to significantly expand the scope of its planned water meter reading upgrade to include improved customer billing and service, leak detection and water conservation – and cut costs...
Article - 03/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Data management
Smart cities are all about livability, workability, sustainability and resilience. But it takes monumental effort for a city to provide such a high quality of life for its citizens. Many cities can take on smaller projects on their own, but most don...
Article - 02/10/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater
By Teena MaddoxFebruary 1, 2017The Smart Cities Council has named the 10 cities that are finalists in the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant program, and five of the cities will receive readiness workshops tailored to their smart...
Article - 02/07/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Several companies from the U.S. and throughout the world have committed to helping India modernize as a country and at the city level. While some of those companies are new to the country, others—like Sensus—are greatly expanding operations and...
Article - 01/12/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater
It's the reality so many cities know all too well. Urban populations are growing and that means more people depending on them for essential city services, whether it's mass transit, public safety, energy, water or the other services that make cities...
Article - 11/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.An innovative microgrid partnership for Siemens and LO3 EnergyCouncil Associate Partner Siemens will work with New York startup LO3 Energy to jointly develop microgrids that enable local energy...
Article - 11/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Our story summarizes new research that should interest city officials, particularly those in coastal communities subject to frequent damaging storms. In addition to explaining why wetlands are useful in disaster situations—and this is a key takeaway...
Article - 11/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
Even more than electricity, cities need clean water. People can’t live without it. So what are you doing to ensure your water is safe? If you’ve been relying on luck, you have to look no farther than Flint, Mich., to see what can go wrong. Perhaps...
Article - 11/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
By Tim LaceyExtreme weather. Economic uncertainty. Urban population growth. These forces are changing what it means for a city to manage resources. Water, materials, money, energy and labor are being optimized in ways that are more connected and...
Article - 10/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.Siemens offers new power grid automation systemCouncil Associate Partner Siemens is marketing a new telecontrol and power grid automation system intended for use in distribution network automation,...
Article - 09/08/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Waste management, Water and wastewater
Smart water, electric and gas meter networks provide a number of advantages for both utilities and customers. And there are even more benefits that might not occur to those of us outside the utility industry. For Nashville's Metro Water Services (...
Article - 09/08/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
As city populations grow, their electricity and water providers need to expand services to keep pace with demand. It's not easy when utilities are expected to do grow, but don't have a bigger budget to work with. Our guest authors from Council Lead...
Article - 09/07/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Data management
The news release below describes a collaboration between Council Lead Partner CH2M and the Nature Conservancy to provide STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) mentoring for students at a Pennsylvania high school. Their approach? Take the...
Article - 08/16/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater
About 1.2 billion people in the world now face intermittent to persistent water shortages and 500 million more are expected to join them in a few years. Many water treatment and delivery facilities are old and losing massive amounts of water. Water...
Article - 07/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Whenever there’s a water shortage, it’s easy to fixate on the impacts that annoy us — the restrictions on washing your car or watering your lawn. But there are very serious consequences that put your economy at risk: the inability of farmers to get...
Article - 07/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
By Avinash S. Patwardhan and Ken Thompson, CH2MThe Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a technology trend well underway in machine-to-machine communication that is poised to radically change the business environment. It is estimated, by 2020,...
Article - 06/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Security and privacy
If your city is fortunate enough to have never experienced a catastrophic flood, don't think it can't happen. Just ask the residents of Northwood, a subdivision in Gulfport, Mississippi. Flooding had happened before, but residents said they had...
Article - 06/08/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Water and wastewater
If you were shopping for land in Beijing, you might be shocked to find the price tag hovering at around $8,000 per square yard. Land is that valuable there. But what do you do if you need to build a 40-acre water recycling plant for the city? You...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
If you are not already struggling with a water crisis, you soon will be. Water supplies are already stretched, but they are being stretched among ever greater numbers of people. Old infrastructure is a big part of the problem. It’s tempting to cut...
Article - 05/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
Microsoft's City Next initiative is designed to offer assistance for cities that enables them to be innovative while turning their smart city plans into reality, do it at their own pace and engage their citizens in the process. City Next offers a...
Article - 04/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Smart City Tools
Nearly a dozen people died in central Texas over Memorial Day weekend last summer when heavy rains triggered flash floods. But their lives likely could have been saved with a data analytics-based warning system that costs only about as much as a...
Article - 04/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
Swedish city Borås is taking another step towards full sustainability. This time it’s an ultra-efficient wastewater treatment plant that will not only meet strict emissions requirements, but also contribute renewable fuel for a city power plant.That...
Article - 04/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater
You've probably seen the predictions: Droughts and floods have disrupted the constant flow of good quality water in the U.S. and elsewhere. And quality of the water we do have has been found to be contaminated in several areas by contaminants other...
Article - 04/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
If your city is already running short of water from time to time, it is a problem that is only going to get worse. By 2050, water shortages could plague 70% of the world’s production areas.What can you do? A lot. And by starting today, you better...
Article - 04/08/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
While citizen engagement and education are key responsibilities for smart cities transformations, many cities would likely welcome some help with educating their citizens in the value and benefits smart cities can bring.And finding the well-trained...
Article - 04/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
Huawei picked to help Malaysia become ICT hub (and a smart country)Council Associate Partner Huawei will provide several services for the Malaysian government, including helping the country become an ICT hub by providing the connectivity and...
Article - 03/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Texas is wet today, but two years ago nearly half the state was suffering from extreme drought. And with a population that’s expected to double over the next 50 years, it’s likely to run dry again.Ensuring that everyone has enough and that the water...
Article - 03/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Data management
""In many smart city developments, energy and water are foundational. In fact, I would say you can't have a smart city without energy and water." -- Russ Vanos, VP of sales and marketing for Global Software, Services and Smart Cities with Itron....
Article - 03/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater
As many cities do, New York City has several challenges in areas like energy, water, waste and transportation. Those problems are serious enough that city leaders recognized they needed help if they were to solve them. And they wanted to give...
Article - 02/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Council Lead Partner Itron's OpenWay Riva communications platform promises quite a lot: interoperability, distributed intelligence and more -- in one unified multi-service network -- for smart cities and electric and water utilities.As Simon Pontin...
Article - 02/12/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Connectivity
On a global basis, there’s no question that water is in short supply. According to United Nations estimates, one out of six people don’t have enough. And between swelling populations and prolonged droughts, supplies could get even shorter. The...
Article - 01/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
Contributed by Neptune Technology GroupIn the fourth year of a severe drought, without runoff, Mammoth Lakes, California, was in danger of running dry. But a switch from monthly to hourly data gave water planners valuable insight to stop water waste...
Article - 01/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Citizen engagement
Water utilities historically don't like to move quickly. They're cautious. They prefer predictable, safe, incremental change. But at a time when demand for water is increasing at twice the rate of population growth, the old utility business model...
Article - 01/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Contributed by Black & VeatchWhen you think California, visions of severe drought and strained water supplies are among the imagery of beaches, hundreds of miles of coastline, agriculture and sprawling urban areas.Water cutbacks have come in...
Article - 01/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Contributed by ItronEvery day, an average of 10 to 30% of water pumped is lost or unaccounted for. Known as non-revenue water (NRW), this lost water costs a lot — not only in water, but in energy. In the U.S. alone, $13 billion in water is lost to...
Article - 01/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
At first glance, it may not seem like a big deal that some chemicals and a few bugs from the hospital wind up in our water. That's what treatment plants are for, right?Yes, but a lot of the chemicals that have been found in wastewater -- like...
Article - 01/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Waste management, Water and wastewater
Many cities face a conundrum. On the one hand, they realize they need innovative, high-tech solutions to their civic challenges, the kind of breakthroughs that come from startups. On the other hand, they need the stability and peace of mind that...
Article - 12/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Water and wastewater
Between drought, pollution and population growth, water is the new gold in many cities. If you can’t easily find more, then you have to get citizens to use less. How do you do that? Give them precise information about how much they are using and...
Article - 12/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Citizen engagement
While dry conditions are expected to end or lessen considerably soon in some parts of the country, they are expected to continue into next year for much of the Pacific Northwest. And while California is expecting relief from its extreme drought...
Article - 11/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
In just the past few years, we’ve seen just how devastating severe storms can be to coastal areas. And as sea levels rise, that threat is only going to get worse.So what can you do to mitigate the risk? Council Lead Partner Bechtel is finding that...
Article - 11/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater
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 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
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