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Apr 21, 20182 min read
Global Water Summit 2018
The arrival of new telecom and communicating technologies, business drivers and finance challenges are blurring the edges of the...
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May 18, 20171 min read
Africa Utility Week
This week I am speaking at the 2017 African Utilities Week conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Utility technology challenges around...
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Jun 5, 20161 min read
Need for AMI for Water
For electricity and gas utilities, the adoption of smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has been largely driven by...
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Sep 10, 20151 min read
We're Growing!
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...
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Apr 25, 20151 min read
The Energy/Water Nexus
Around the country, a new conversation is emerging among municipal leaders and utility executives as they explore the energy/water nexus....
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Apr 6, 20153 min read
Are we forgetting the poor in a Smart City?
More than 45 million people, or 14.5 percent of all Americans, lived below the poverty line in 2013, the Census Bureau reported. Median...
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Mar 23, 20152 min read
Smarter Waste Recycling
Back in the early 1970’s the U.S. had major trash problems – highway litter bugs, trash strikes crippling cities, and overflowing...
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Mar 12, 20154 min read
City Leaders + Industry Education = Intelligent Solutions for Water Infrastructure
Ask any mayor in the United States about water and wastewater infrastructure and you will hear a multitude of war stories ranging from...
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Feb 15, 20152 min read
Smart Cities 3.0
At the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual meeting is Washington, DC last month, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson introduced the concept...
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Jan 29, 20152 min read
Smart City: A Balanced Definition
Recently, I have been asked about the definition of a Smart City. I explain that a smart city can have multiple starting places and...
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Jan 21, 20152 min read
Utilities May Lead Smart Cities
Smart City initiatives are popping up around the globe. Innovative technologies and services support a plethora of "smart" - smart...
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Dec 31, 20141 min read
Looking back at 2014 – Did the Smart Cities prognostications come to fruition?
Just as with any technology sector, smart cities has offered analysts and investors a lot to speculate about. Spending forecasts, mergers...
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Oct 28, 20142 min read
“Energy/Water Nexus” is more than just industry hype!
Water infrastructure is one of the most essential public services in any city. It is also the most intrinsically linked to the core of...
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Sep 4, 20142 min read
Water Unites Us
Why Water? When I started my consulting business, people asked me "why water?" They were bewildered by the perception that water is a...
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