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Mobility and TrafficBarcelona City Council Picks Kapsch and Acisa for €100,000 Each to Pilot AI Traffic Signals

Barcelona's Innova Lab Mobility chose Kapsch and Acisa on 3 November 2026 for four-month AI traffic signal pilots funded with €100,000 each, due in…

 WasteSortrace Raises $800,000 Led by Almi Invest for Waste Truck Sorting Cameras in Sweden

Stockholm start-up Sortrace raises about $800,000 led by Almi Invest to scale truck-mounted cameras that measure household waste sorting for municipalities.

 WaterPortugal’s €5B Água que Une Water Strategy Faces €371M Annual EU-Identified Funding Gap

Portugal's €5 billion Água que Une strategy, approved 24 June 2026 with about 300 measures, faces a €371 million annual financing gap by 2027,…

 WaterSaudi Fund for Development Signs $403M Syria Loans Including $30M Smart Water Metering

The Saudi Fund for Development signed six loans worth over $403M with Syria on 4 November 2026, including $30M for smart water meters in…

 WaterZagreb Cancels €40M Remote Water Meter Reading Tender and Prepares For a New One

Zagreb has annulled its roughly €40M LoRaWAN water meter reading tender after an anti-corruption raid; a new procedure waits on the city's LoRaWAN network.

 WaterFreeland Municipal Authority Deploys $225,033 Digital Twin With 74 Leak Loggers in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's Freeland Municipal Authority links 74 acoustic leak loggers and 15 AMI meters to Bentley WaterSight in a $225,033 non-revenue water project.

 WaterEddy Solutions Signs Water Detection Deal With FirstService Residential, Monitoring 30 Communities

Eddy Smart Home Solutions monitors 30 FirstService Residential communities under a January 2026 agreement and reports 145,127 devices installed across its base.

 Environmental MonitoringViterbo Deploys 12 AirQino Air Quality Stations With Boldyn Networks Italia and CNR

Viterbo contracts Boldyn Networks Italia and CNR for 12 AirQino stations that forecast air quality and map urban heat islands under Living Smart Viterbo.

 WaterBadger Meter Acquires Australia’s 37South to Enter Market After SmartCover and UDlive Deals

Badger Meter bought Melbourne-based 37South on 3 November 2026, adding Australian remote monitoring to a BlueEdge line built on SmartCover and UDlive.

 WatereThekwini Municipality Plans Citywide Smart Water Meter Rollout Against 58% Non-Revenue Water

eThekwini plans citywide smart water meters as 58% of supply goes unbilled; 2,000 installed so far against a 40,000-meter annual target.

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