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Environmental MonitoringUK National Parks Launch Wildfire Resilience Programme In Cairngorms
WaterAmeresco Completes $5.9M Water Metering Upgrade Covering 8,000 Meters In Mustang, Oklahoma
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USDOT Selects UCLA, University Of Michigan And Derq For $5.5M Intersection Safety Phase One MBTA Begins Hayden AI Bus Lane And Bus Stop Camera Enforcement On Routes SL4 And SL5
Los Angeles Council Approves 50 DASH Bus Enforcement Cameras In $3.43M Hayden AI Contract
Allstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data
Saanich Starts Five-Year Upgrade Of Water Meter Reading Equipment At 30,000 Properties Ajuntament d’Olot Puts Sewer Cameras and GIS Mapping on 161 Km Network
Honolulu Emergency Management Plans $300K Flood Detection Pilot By June 2027
Puigcerdà Council Funds €373,000 Water Network Upgrade
Korea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras UK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring
Cartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data
Blanca Connects Two Air Quality And Noise Stations To Murcia’s SmartRegion Platform
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Bryan Texas Utilities will replace about 50,000 advanced metering meters over five years from 2 November 2026, at more than 9,000 a year.
Environmental MonitoringUK National Parks Launch Wildfire Resilience Programme In CairngormsVodafoneThree, UK National Parks and the Cairngorms authority launch a three-year wildfire resilience programme after July 2026's fire.
WaterAmeresco Completes $5.9M Water Metering Upgrade Covering 8,000 Meters In Mustang, OklahomaAmeresco completed a $5.9M AMI project replacing more than 8,000 water meters in Mustang, Oklahoma, in five months against a 10-month plan.
Environmental MonitoringVictoria Adds 11 AI Bushfire Cameras To Seven-Unit Plantation Network In A$3.8M ProgrammeVictoria will add 11 AI smoke-detection cameras to seven existing units by November 2027 in a A$3.8M programme covering 1.4 million hectares.
VideosurveillanceMonza Activates Video Analytics On 283-Camera Network After €460,000 Three-Year InvestmentMonza has switched on a video analytics platform covering 283 cameras and 442 viewing points, with alerts for falls, assaults, fires and banned vehicles.
GasSpain Orders Replacement Of 8 Million Analog Gas Meters With Smart Meters By October 2036Spain's Order TED/1122/2026 requires about 8 million gas meters to be replaced by smart units by October 2036, with 20% done in three years.
WaterHouston City Council Raises Sensus Water Meter Contract Ceiling To $43.5MHouston City Council unanimously approved $5.5M more for Sensus USA's AMI contract on 21 October 2026, lifting the ceiling to $43.5M.
GasMadrileña Red de Gas Partner with Telefónica for Remote Metering PlatformTelefónica has supplied its OpenGate platform to Madrileña Red de Gas, which serves more than 900,000 supply points in 61 Madrid municipalities.
WaterRiba-roja del Túria Pilots Four Grades Of Reclaimed Water Under €10M CircSyst ProjectCircSyst, a €10M Horizon Europe project, starts producing four grades of reclaimed water for the Riba-roja del Túria industrial estate in Valencia.
Smart CityGenoa Sets Smart City Strategy Linking Digital, Ecological And Social TransitionsGenoa's council presented a smart city strategy on 23 October 2026 tying data and AI to ecological and social goals, ahead of Smart Week…
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