Derceto Selected by The Artemis Project™ as a Top 50 Water Company

Artemis Award

San Francisco, CA (April 22, 2009) - Derceto Inc., today announced that it has been chosen by The Artemis Project™ as a Top 50 Water Companies Competition winner. This award distinguishes Derceto Inc., as a leading company that is helping to build one of the great high-growth industries of the 21st Century. Derceto Inc., was selected by a panel of industry experts based on an integrated matrix of four criteria: technology, intellectual property and know-how, team and market potential .

“The Artemis Project’s Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the emerging advanced water technology sector,” said Laura Shenkar, Principal of The Artemis Project. “We are excited to spotlight these innovative companies for the first time on the world’s stage and congratulate them for their achievements in introducing the solutions that will reinvent the water landscape.”

“We are thrilled to be recognized by our peers for the innovative product that is Derceto Aquadapt,” said Simon Bunn, Chief Technology Officer of Derceto Inc. “The uptake globally of our operations optimization software has seen many utilities achieve significant energy cost savings, often slicing 15% to 20% off their costs, while simultaneously reducing their carbon footprint.”

Please visit www.theartemisproject.com/competitionpage.html for a full list of the 2009 Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners .

 

Feature Article

Australian Water Association Journal Article on Aquadapt

The June 2009 AWA Water Journal publish an article by Simon Bunn, Derceto CTO, on pump energy efficiency.

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Derceto Feature in IBM Journal of Research and Development

The 2009 IBM Journal of Research and Development publish an article by Simon Bunn, Derceto CTO, on data mining and visualisation.  This introduces the concept of 'virtual instrumentation', a key component of the Aquadapt Dashboard.

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April 2009 Water & Wastes Digest Article on Pump Efficiency

The April 2009 Water & Wastes Digest (WWD) publish an article by Derceto CTO, Simon Bunn, on pump efficiency.

WWD "Get Pumped" article (Web link to magazine)

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September 2007 article in "Waterworld" magazine

Mouchel Parkman has joined up with New Zealand-based company Derceto to help British water companies reduce their energy costs and carbon footprint.
Article in Waterworld on the collaboration between Derceto and Mouchel Group in the UK.

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April 2007 article in "Water Efficiency" magazine

by Amy Sorkin Kurland

Pump-scheduling software helps the East Bay Municipal IUtility District lower costs without compromising water pressure.

An article on the East Bay MUD experience with Derceto with some insights from a users perspective.

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February 2007 article in Distributed Energy

by Amy Sorkin Kurland

Water transportation is costly enough as it is, but with electricity rates continuing to rise, many in the industry are working even harder than ever to find new technology that will reduce those costs..

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Quick Facts

Aquadapt - the environmentally friendly solution

Electricity production at night in the Ontario market is produced primarily by nuclear and hydro generation (70%) with the remainder coming from thermal plants. Day time peak production is the other way round. By maximizing use of night energy and improving pump efficiency Aquadapt substantially reduces greenhouse gas emissions.