The Dutch giant adds an OEM tack to its visible light communication strategy, targeting retail chains and shopping malls in another IoT application. It announces a French provider as the first customer in the expansion of its indoor positioning business. It also adds a Singapore mall as a direct Philips user.
Verizon acquires Sensity Systems in a smart city push that will rely on LED lighting
Mobile wireless stalwart Verizon acquires smart-city-focused Sensity Systems, which has leveraged the widespread retrofit of street lights to LED sources to enable a variety of municipal IoT services.
CH2M selected for Joint Water Commission water treatment plant expansion
The company has been selected to deliver a multi-year water treatment facility plan and expansion project for the JWC Water Treatment Plant.
High volume pumps/defences attract £12.5m funding in UK National Flood Resilience Review
Improved rain and flood modelling, a significant increase in new temporary flood defences and greater protection to infrastructure were all outlined in the government’s National Flood Resilience Review this week…
BIO-UV aims to triple turnover by 2020 after US subsidiary sale
French ultraviolet treatment (UV) company BIO-UV has said the sale of its US subsidiary will help to increase its turnover by €28 million in five years…
Someone is shutting off California residents’ water in the middle of the night
The city of Sacramento has called the actions of the so-called “water vigilante” “trespassing, at the very least.”
Nexom acquires assets of Blue Water Technologies
Nexom, a wastewater treatment technologies leader for lagoons and filtration, now operates from offices in Winnipeg MB, Grafton WI, and Hayden ID.
California issues draft report on possibility of regulating direct potable reuse of recycled water
If such regulations were developed, California would be the first state in the nation to do so.
Millions of gallons of sewage spills into Tampa Bay
On Monday, estimated totals for the City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, and the City of Tampa reached nearly 29 million gallons, with that number expected to grow in time.
Construction to begin on water treatment plant in South Los Angeles
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the 99th Street Pumping Station in South Los Angeles on Thursday.