February 18, 2007 Northumbrian Water (UK) sign up to Phase 1 study

Kielder Water
Northumbrian Water is together with Essex & Suffolk Water a part of Northumbrian Water Group (NWG).  Northumbrian Water serves a population of 2.6 million people in the north east of England with water and sewerage services. With the Derceto Ltd feasibility study for Essex & Suffolk now complete Northumbrian Water have awarded a feasibility study contract to study an area in the Northumbrian distribution area of Newcastle and Tyne.
 

Feature Article

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

Pump payback

In a study done for a major US city by the Washington D.C. based Alliance to Save Energy determined that almost every large pump in a distribution system should be changed to a more efficient unit, and all would achieve better than a 4 year pay-back and more than half would achieve a 1 to 2 year payback. Disappointedly none were changed at all.