In April 2013, the City of Buenos Aires reached the record of 196.4 mm of water accumulated in 24 hours.The storm caused havoc and the millionaire material losses added to the high impact suffered in infrastructure, energy supply, water and gas, and communications and transportation.It was the turning point of a problem that was developing with power, especially in neighborhoods like Belgrano, and to which the City Government had to respond quickly.The one in charge of collaborating to prevent disasters of this type was BGH Tech Partner, the division of the local firm that provides solutions to private companies and public organizations in order to achieve greater competitiveness through technology.The company implemented a series of level and flow sensors in the underground ducts in the City of Buenos Aires that, complemented with weather stations, allow to measure the rain flow, how much the pipelines support and how much water can be evacuated.The Federal Capital has 202 km2, multiple underground streams, 30,000 sinkholes and 1,500 linear kilometers of drains. Therefore, the challenge was great."We alert the Government and the entities through events so that they can help people if they suffer a flood and so that in the future they can plan infrastructure works to improve those areas", reveals Brenda Mongelos, IoT Business Development Manager of BGH Tech Partner, in dialogue with iProUP.In this regard, he adds: "With this system we began to predict information through sensors and so the government was able to take some actions and start planning their infrastructure works to improve the quality of life of citizens."In total, there are 33 measurement points located in four basins, storm drains and water pipes, connected by means of a critical and redundant communication network that does not have cuts, so transmission is constant.This implementation is known as the Intelligent System of Meteorological and Rainwater Management. To develop it, BGH Tech Partner worked together with the City's Environmental Maintenance Secretary.The development of an early warning platform for floods had as main challenge to have a solution that would allow to anticipate climate events with reliable information in real time.The sensors that were finally installed measure not only the flow and height of the water, but also the wind and humidity.This integrated system offers information in real time and generates an intelligent statistical base for emergency centers, the General Directorate of Stormwater and the Ministry of Urban Development of the Federal Capital.The solution integrates the capture, administration and management of meteorological data, as well as the state of the drainage network. Its processing includes statistical information and pre-alerts (when basins are about to be exceeded).If this happens, the Government may choose to do some extra cleaning activity, open or close an underground hatch or project a new hydraulic work.The work also allowed the creation of a flexible and scalable technological platform that can be extended to take other environmental parameters such as energy, water, pollution or waste.In this line, the next challenge will be to collaborate with the environmental protection agency on control solutions for air quality and noise.IoT, a bet with a lot of potentialThe hydrometeorology project was not the only one in which BGH Tech Partner worked to improve life in the cities."We integrate solutions from multiple partners and take our end-to-end solutions to our customers," explains Mongelos.He adds: "We work on another project for intelligent traffic, in which we use sensors that inform us in real time about actions that are happening on the highway, so if it rains or there is fog, the system detects it and sends an alert to the driver. to slow down. "The system is implemented through the use of smart posters located at strategic points of highways, routes and avenues. In terms of roads, the firm also installs traffic cameras to understand how drivers handle."For the insurance segment we have solutions to understand, through a device, how people manage, we analyze brakings and accelerated, whether or not they use belts and how drivers behave in order to apply it and make more targeted policies" , details Mongelos.In relation to security, BGH Tech Partner implemented video analytics to determine, for example, if the workers in a plant carry all the protection elements they need. The technology also works to identify passengers in the transportation segment.In total, BGH Partner already has 10 IoT projects carried out, more than 2,090 sensors installed and 3,360 telemetry points.Its activity is in tune with what happens in the rest of the world. According to a recent study by IDC (International Data Corporation), this year the adoption of technologies related to IoT will generate an expenditure of 1.3 billion dollars. In this framework, Latin America will be the fastest growing region.Likewise, it is expected that a large part of this figure comes from government agencies, through investments in infrastructure development and the modernization of local companies.Regarding the future, the vision of Mongelos is clear: "There are different types of solutions, the IoT is everywhere and in fact it should be to improve the day to day and the experience of each of the citizens because the world goes there , towards the artificial intelligence and to improve the experience of the users and of the one that visualizes the data, so that they can use them in such a way that it improves the life of the citizens ".