August 2008, Greater Wellington, one of Derceto's first customers, expand their system

Derceto Ltd have completed a contract to supply Aquadapt 5.6 to control the entire Greater Wellington Water (New Zealand) distribution system. One third of this system was optimised by Derceto Ltd, using Derceto 3.0 in June 2000, the forerunner of Aquadapt 5.6. The recent project replaced that implementation with the much more powerful Aquadapt 5.6 and was expanded to control the remaining 2/3rds of the distribution system.

This project has been dependent on significant improvements in the Scada system which was completed in 2007 by Greater Wellington Regional Council's own staff. Delivery of the full implementation occurred ahead of schedule in July with completion in August 2008.

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.

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..

Electricity use by Water and Wastewater Utilities

"The more than 60,000 water systems and 15,000 wastewater systems in the United States are among the country’s largest energy consumers, using about 75 billion kWh/yr nationally—3 percent of annual U.S. electricity consumption"

Electric Power Research Institute,
Energy Audit Manual for Water/Wastewater Facilities,
(Palo Alto: 1999), Executive Summary