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July 25, 2007 Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) Achieve Real Time Savings Following Derceto Implementation

WSSC Office
WSSC (Maryland USA) utilize the Derceto software to control pump scheduling for the distribution of up to 230 MGD of water to more than 1.7 million people daily. During the first nine months of Derceto operation, startimg August 2006, Derceto has saved WSSC over $480,000 in electricity purchasing costs, and is currently exceeding savings of $120,000 per month. WSSC purchases most of the energy used for water distribution on the real time PJM electricity market. The savings Derceto is achieving are in addition to those already realised by WSSCs operations and energy management personnel and have been made possible through commitment and team work by all involved. In addition to dollar savings Derceto has been accredited with helping to identify physical restrictions in the Colesville and Bowie pressure zone which were causing pressure spikes and inconsistent flows. A number of closed 20, 16, 12 and 10 inch valves and a section of 20" pipeline that had not been completed were identified by the WSSC planning department in conjunction with the information from Derceto engineers. "Without Derceto we would not have found these problems" said Karen Wright, Group Leader Systems Control Group, WSSC.
 

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

How fast can you create a pump schedule?

In a recent study of pump scheduling optimization software researchers compared 6 leading algorithms on a system with a single tank and 5 pumps. A 16 CPU super computer solved this in times ranging from 21 to 118 seconds. Aquadapt solves systems with 88 pumps and 29 storage tanks in 53 seconds with a single CPU on a standard office computer and a system with 223 pumps in under 3 minutes.