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The U.S. EPA has announced nearly $2.9 billion in funding to protect Americans from exposure to lead in drinking water. Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that is especially harmful to children. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and is part of EPA’s unwavering commitment to Making America Healthy Again.

A world-first system combining automated drones, robotics, real-time sensors and rapid shore-side testing is set to transform how UK coastal bathing waters are monitored.

Today, Emerson announced the release of its Emerson Synchros Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform, a new suite of technologies that expands asset health visibility and improves maintenance decisions through a flexible wireless architecture designed for rapid deployment across existing facilities.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a $58 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Amador Water Agency Financing Corporation in Amador County, California, to make improvements to several drinking water treatment plants, which will increase treatment capacity and reliability.

U.S. and Canada’s municipal water utilities are moving beyond early digital adoption to system-wide deployment of connected infrastructure solutions and devices. This shift is driving digital water spend from US$14.4 billion today to US$28.6 billion by 2036, fueled by infrastructure asset failures, drought, and tightening regulatory mandates, according to Bluefield Research, a leading provider of global water market data and insights.

Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, has completed the deployment of a smart water management project with Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), the governing body of the city of Thane in western India.