The arrival of new telecom and communicating technologies, business drivers and finance challenges are blurring the edges of the...

This week I am speaking at the 2017 African Utilities Week conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Utility technology challenges around...

For electricity and gas utilities, the adoption of smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has been largely driven by...

I'm so pleased that Smart Water, Smart City LLC is growing and expanding our abilities to serve our clients. We've had so much demand for...

Around the country, a new conversation is emerging among municipal leaders and utility executives as they explore the energy/water nexus....

More than 45 million people, or 14.5 percent of all Americans, lived below the poverty line in 2013, the Census Bureau reported. Median...

Back in the early 1970’s the U.S. had major trash problems – highway litter bugs, trash strikes crippling cities, and overflowing...

Ask any mayor in the United States about water and wastewater infrastructure and you will hear a multitude of war stories ranging from...

At the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual meeting is Washington, DC last month, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson introduced the concept...

Recently, I have been asked about the definition of a Smart City. I explain that a smart city can have multiple starting places and...

Smart City initiatives are popping up around the globe. Innovative technologies and services support a plethora of "smart" - smart...

Just as with any technology sector, smart cities has offered analysts and investors a lot to speculate about. Spending forecasts, mergers...

Water infrastructure is one of the most essential public services in any city.  It is also the most intrinsically linked to the core of...

Why Water? When I started my consulting business, people asked me "why water?" They were bewildered by the perception that water is a...