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1h agoInnovate UK And Private Investors Commit £750K To Go Eve’s DockChain Multi-Bay EV Charging 2h agoBrownsville Public Utilities Board Adds Water Leak Alerts To Smart Meter Rollout 2h agoDutch Grid Operators Liander, Stedin And Enexis Award NextGen DSMR6 Gateway Tender 2h agoSeoul’s Eunpyeong District Pilots Photo-Based Bulky Waste App Across 220,000 Annual Requests YesterdayBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design Services YesterdayEuropean Commission Allocates €3.8B To 212 Projects Across Innovation Fund And LIFE Programme YesterdayKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub YesterdayKorea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras YesterdayUK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring 20 OctAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data

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Projects, tenders, funding and deals in smart water, mobility, lighting, energy and IoT, reported every day by the Kurrant news desk.

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22 May Street LightingSeoul’s Residential Areas Deploy Smart Poles to Close Safety Gaps

Two Seoul districts are expanding multi-function smart poles with CCTV, emergency alerts, and public Wi-Fi to close pedestrian safety gaps.

22 May Environmental MonitoringBexar County Deploys $21M NextGen Flood Warning System

Bexar County's $21M NextGen system cuts flood alert times from 45 minutes to five, feeding live data to navigation apps.

22 May Environmental MonitoringHarris County Advances $2M Roadway Flood Warning System

Harris County deploys roadway flood sensors under a $2M federal SMART grant, targeting 117 high-risk locations ahead of hurricane season.

21 May VideosurveillanceAI-Powered Detection Vendors Are Losing Cities. Here Is Why, and What Comes Next

US cities are canceling AI surveillance contracts at scale. The pattern reveals what vendors must fix to survive the next procurement cycle.

21 May Mobility and TrafficWestern Cape Government Deploys AI Solution to Monitor 5,000 km of Roads

Western Cape deploys Bentley's Blyncsy AI across 5,000 km of roads to detect hazards amid growing climate pressures.

21 May EnergyDubai’s DEWA Deploys Agentic AI in Daily Operations

Dubai utility DEWA adopts Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork, becoming the UAE's first government body to use agentic AI for autonomous workflows.

20 May Environmental MonitoringPattaya Installs AI Flood System With Over 100 Sensor Nodes

Pattaya is rolling out an AI-powered flood monitoring system with 100+ sensors and real-time alerts across the city by August 2026.

20 May WaterOfwat Awards £58 Million to 19 Water Innovation Projects

Ofwat's Water Breakthrough Challenge 6 funds 19 projects worth £58M: AI wastewater, mycofiltration, and 3D printing.

20 May Mobility and TrafficHanau, Maintal, and Schöneck Deploy Sensors to Keep Emergency Routes Clear

Three Hessen municipalities use IoT sensors on LoRaWAN to detect illegal parking and keep emergency routes clear in residential zones.

19 May WaterGradiant Hits $2 Billion Valuation to Scale AI and Industrial Water Solutions

Gradiant closes Series E at a $2B valuation to expand AI-era water infrastructure, targeting data centers, semiconductor fabs.

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