TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
Executives from one of the
biggest tech companies in the world are lending their brain power to the City
of Tucson.
City water officials say
it could mean lower rates for customers.
The City's Information Technology building is a fitting place for the
unveiling, as the program moves forward, and the program is getting help from
experts.
All thanks to an IBM's
program ‘Smart Cities', the company is helping 100 cities all around the world,
Africa, South America, and Europe
This is a $400,000 grant
for Tucson. IBM's executives have spent
the last three weeks working with Tucson Water, talking with customers, looking
at facilities. The City is pushing
forward in technology, replacing old water meters with digital meters.
These experts are giving
them an idea of what problems could lie ahead, how to make sure it runs
smoothly. Tucson Water says the end
result will be better efficiency, meaning lower rates for customers.
City officials still have
no idea what IBM is going to recommend, they will have to wait with the rest of
Tucson to find out at a 9 a.m. meeting, to find out.
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