Smart City & Utility Industry News

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterVeoliaVeolia Connected SolutionsFrance

Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération and Veolia Launch 48,740-Meter AMI Rollout Across 62 French Communes

Jul 3, 2026

Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération (PMA) and its concessionaire, Société des Eaux du Pays de Montbéliard (SEPM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Veolia, launched a three-year advanced metering infrastructure deployment on July 1, 2026, covering 62...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterSuezFrance

Smart Water Rollout Launches in Hérault as La Domitienne Awards 10-Year Water Concession to SUEZ

Jul 3, 2026

La Communauté de Communes La Domitienne (CCLD), an eight-municipality intercommunality of roughly 28,000 residents located west of Béziers in the Hérault department, has contracted SUEZ Eau France to deploy connected water meters across its...

New Project (Full-Scale)WasteTurkish Environment Agency (TÜÇA)Turkey

Türkiye Activates Nationwide Deposit Return System

Jul 1, 2026

Türkiye activated its nationwide Deposit Return System (DOA) on July 1, 2026, introducing a one-Turkish-Lira refund per eligible plastic, glass, and aluminium beverage container across all 81 provinces and 973 districts of the country. The system,...

PartnershipNew Project (Full-Scale)WaterSuezNama Water ServicesOman

Oman and France Seal Smart Meter Manufacturing and €2 Billion Water Pact in Paris

Jul 1, 2026

In a pair of utility-sector agreements announced during Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tarik’s June 29, 2026 state visit to Paris, Oman’s National Energy Centre formalized a smart meter manufacturing partnership with French technology group...

New Project (Full-Scale)Mobility and TrafficCanada

City Of Brampton Plans Red Light Camera Expansion Under Vision Zero Strategy

Jun 30, 2026

The City of Brampton, Ontario said on June 26, 2026 that it is advancing the next phase of its Vision Zero road safety strategy, proposing to expand its red light camera network to as many as 35 cameras by 2028, pilot noise-detection cameras...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterVeoliaSpain

La Font d’en Carròs Digitizes Its Entire Water Network With 2,250 Smart Meters and €312,000 Investment

Jun 29, 2026

La Font d’en Carròs, a municipality of approximately 3,800 residents in the La Safor comarca of Valencia province, is replacing its entire conventional water meter stock with 2,250 remote-reading devices under a €312,000 investment managed...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterXylemHouston Public WorksUSA

Houston Deploys Sensor-Based Flood Intelligence Network Amid World Cup

Jun 29, 2026

The City of Houston has rolled out a sensor-based flood-intelligence platform to issue real-time alerts to municipal officials when roads, underpasses, and street-level infrastructure become inundated during extreme weather events, the Wall Street...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterAmerescoUSA

Baytown And Shenandoah Award Ameresco Dual AMI Water Contracts Worth Over $5 Million

Jun 23, 2026

Ameresco, a Framingham, Massachusetts-based energy infrastructure solutions provider, has signed Advanced Metering Infrastructure contracts with the Texas cities of Baytown and Shenandoah, representing a combined investment of more than $5 million...

New Project (Full-Scale)IoT NetworksAssociation of South Essex Local Authorities (ASELA)AbzorbUK

South Essex Councils Deploy Shared LoRaWAN Network Across Seven Jurisdictions

Jun 23, 2026

Seven local authorities in South Essex have brought a region-wide low-power wide area network (LoRaWAN) for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity online, covering 98 percent of the area through 44 gateway sites and arriving £40,000 under the...

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingIoT NetworksFerrovial EnergíaIberdrolaSpain

Santa Pola Deploys 6,300 NB-IoT Nodes to Digitalize Its Entire Street Lighting Network

Jun 23, 2026

The Ayuntamiento de Santa Pola, a coastal tourist municipality of roughly 35,000 residents in Alicante, Spain, is replacing its entire public lighting stock with individually connected LED fixtures controlled over a Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network,...