East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, CA

East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, CA

EBMUD Offices

EBMUD was Derceto's first major implementation in North America. Derceto was awarded the contract in October 2003 and a Detailed Design study was completed by December 2003. Implementation began in late July 2004 over a pilot area of EBMUD's system. The area under Aquadapt software control is 20% of their entire system, but represents 35% of their annual electricity costs.

During three years of operation, Aquadapt software has saved EBMUD 12.7% of its electricity costs, equalling over $1.1M. Post-implementation analysis has also shown that the Aquadapt system has also improved efficiency; using 6.1% less kWh to pump the same volume of water. Aquadapt software does this by automatically taking into account all the hydraulics, looking at all other pump stations, the impact on pipeline and zone pressures and then choosing the most efficient time to run.

In the Aquadapt system's first year of operation it saved EBMUD 12.5% of its electricity costs, equaling $370,000. Post-implementation analysis has also shown that Aquadapt software also improved efficiency; using 14% less kWh to pump the same volume of water. Aquadapt software does this by automatically taking into account all the hydraulics, looking at all other pump stations, the impact on pipeline and zone pressures and then choosing the most efficient time to run. In EBMUD's case this 14% energy efficiency improvement is on top of the costs savings derived from moving pumping to off-peak tariff bands.

This was the first implementation of Derceto Aquadapt 4.0 software featuring a raft of new modules and a major revision to convert the entire application to a database driven format.

A joint paper on the project was presented at the 2005 AWWA California/Nevada section Spring and Fall conferences and at the 2005 AWWA National conference in San Francisco.

A copy can be downloaded here.

EBMUD have also written about the project in their "Pipeline" newsletter.

Press Release

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

San Francisco, CA (June 8, 2010) - Derceto Inc., today announced that it has been chosen by The Artemis Project™ as a Top 50 Water Companies Competition winner for the second year in succession. 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.

Please visit www.theartemisproject.com/competitionpage.html for a full list of the 2010 Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners .

Mike Espejo - Technical Support Specialist (North America)

Mike Espejo brings over 20 years experience in the Water / Waste-Water Industry to his role at Derceto, with 18 years of that spent in the Operations Department of the 5^th largest Water Company in California.

Based in Riverside County CA, Mike utilizes his operations expertise to manage and provide in-country support to existing Derceto Aquadapt installations in North America. He also strengthens the delivery process for new Aquadapt installation projects with a particular focus on managing the essential operator input to project design and then deliver appropriate training during and after the installation.

Mike has previously supervised the Control Room at Eastern Municipal Water District. There he managed the Potable and Recycled systems along with System Control Operators, Dispatch Team and Planner / scheduler staff in a 24/7 operation.

Mike is certified by the California Department of Public Health and maintains T-3 Treatment Operators’ certificate and a D-5 Water Distribution System Operators’ certificate.

Derceto opens up office in Canada

Derceto Inc. responding to increased business in the Canadian market opened up an office in Toronto, Ontario earlier this year. This office will provide closer contacts for our many Canadian customers and act as a springboard for increased future growth in the Ontario and wider Canadian market.

Derceto, Inc. Announces Appointment of VP Sales

Press Release San Francisco Dec. 17th, 2007

Energy management company Derceto, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Wes Wood Jr. to the role of Vice President of Sales effective from January 1st 2008. Wes Wood has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology and 23 years of control systems experience working in the water and wastewater industry. During this time, Wes has held a number of positions ranging from Design Engineer and Project Manager through to Regional Sales Manager and President & CEO of an Instrumentation and Controls company in the Southeastern U.S. In joining the Derceto team, Wes will add considerable experience and strength to sales, delivery and support activities in North America.

Derceto Selected as a GoingGreen 100 Top Private Company

Derceto is pleased to announce that we have been chosen by California based AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies for 2007. The first-annual elite GoingGreen 100 list was compiled by the AlwaysOn editorial panel. In order to be eligible for the GoingGreen 100 list, companies had to be peer-nominated, with AlwaysOn receiving more than 500 nominations from venture investors, investment bankers and other industry experts.

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Awards

EMWD wins AWWA Energy Management Award for Aquadapt project

EMWD Award

Derceto Inc., is pleased to report that Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) was chosen by the California-Nevada Section AWWA as the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Energy Management Award for their Derceto Aquadapt software implementation. Congratulations to EMWD on a successful project and a well deserved outcome

A copy of EMWD's press release can be found here

Derceto CTO wins Entrepreneur of the Year 2005

NZEA Awards

Derceto's Chief Technical Officer, Simon Bunn, won the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards held in Wellington in December 2005.

Association of Consulting Engineers (NZ) Awards 2002

At the 2002 ACENZ* Awards Derceto took one of the two gold awards for the most outstanding projects of 2002.

"The software has proved to be robust, user-friendly, flexible and reliable, and since its introduction into the system in June 2000, has effected substantial savings for the client."