The company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sensus for approximately $1.7 billion in cash. 

A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for August 15, 2016. 

Bureau of Reclamation and USGS published a report that shows Simulated future groundwater recharge through 2099 is expected to be greater than the historical average.

According to a review of the state’s data by FluksAqua, the State of Texas loses a stunning 156,000+ Olympic-sized swimming pools of drinkable water every year at a cost of nearly $400 million.

Ameresco will design, build, own, operate and maintain (DBOOM) the innovative wastewater biogas-to-energy facility. 

It’s very important for my role as toll-collector – I mean gatekeeper – to incoming tech companies that I don’t get any interference from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Ed confides to his diary. If the tech companies know there’s another route to get cushy conditions to setting up operations …

Read full article: Ed Gets A Whitehall Lesson

Micron is sampling a 32-layer 32GB 3D NAND chip with a 60.217mm2 die size for mobile applications. It first into a 9 x 9mm PoP package or 8.5 x 11mm MCP. The chip conforms to the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.1 standard which delivers, says Micron, “up to 33% higher bandwidth versus the e.MMC 5.1 …

Read full article: Micron samples mobile 3D NAND memory

The EPA has issued a legal order requiring the Village of Tarrytown to deliver consumer notices and conduct public education activities for individuals and organizations using the village’s water supply.

Cypress has appointed a CEO four months after founding CEO T.J. Rodgers announced his retirement in April. The new CEO is Hassane El-Khoury

Read full article: Cypress appoints CEO

China’s handset vendors shipped 44% of the global smartphone volume in Q2, reports Digitimes Research. The top ten vendors with their percentages of the total China-based volume were:

Read full article: China smartphone shipments are 44% of global total